Re: Small but confusing doc error in easy-menu-define

[Stefan Monnier]

> Yes, yes it does.  In this case, it means that the symbol named "symbol"
> (described, as per usual, as SYMBOL in the doc string), which is bound to
> the appropriate argument value when the function is called, has a value
> that is not nil (and, by implication of the symbol's name ("symbol"), is
> some other symbol instead).

I think it's a much better idea to distinguish variables from symbols.
SYMBOL is a variable whose value should be a symbol.  Symbols have several
different fields, including a "value" field, a "function" field and
a "property-list" field.


        Stefan