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; * src/eval.c (Fdefvar): Doc fix (bug#67991).

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Eli Zaretskii 2023-12-24 09:31:32 +02:00
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@ -792,8 +792,7 @@ DEFUN ("defvar", Fdefvar, Sdefvar, 1, UNEVALLED, 0,
You are not required to define a variable in order to use it, but
defining it lets you supply an initial value and documentation, which
can be referred to by the Emacs help facilities and other programming
tools. The `defvar' form also declares the variable as \"special\",
so that it is always dynamically bound even if `lexical-binding' is t.
tools.
If SYMBOL's value is void and the optional argument INITVALUE is
provided, INITVALUE is evaluated and the result used to set SYMBOL's
@ -801,6 +800,13 @@ value. If SYMBOL is buffer-local, its default value is what is set;
buffer-local values are not affected. If INITVALUE is missing,
SYMBOL's value is not set.
If INITVALUE is provided, the `defvar' form also declares the variable
as \"special\", so that it is always dynamically bound even if
`lexical-binding' is t. If INITVALUE is missing, the form marks the
variable \"special\" locally (i.e., within the current
lexical scope, or the current file, if the form is at top-level),
and does nothing if `lexical-binding' is nil.
If SYMBOL is let-bound, then this form does not affect the local let
binding but the toplevel default binding instead, like
`set-toplevel-default-binding`.