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bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More preciselanguage f
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More preciselanguage for what a variable is |
Date: |
Thu, 5 Jul 2012 18:58:12 -0700 |
> - A @dfn{variable} is a name that can hold a value. Although nearly
> -all variables can be set by the user, certain variables exist
> -specifically so that users can change them; these are called
> @dfn{user
> -options}. Ordinary variables and user options are described using a
> -format like that for functions except that there are no arguments.
> + A @dfn{variable} is a name that can be bound to an object; binding
> +is frequently referred to as @dfn{setting}, and the object to which
> +a variable is set is often called a @dfn{value} that the variable
> +@dfn{holds}. Although nearly all variables can be set by the user,
> +certain variables exist specifically so that users can change them;
> +these are called @dfn{user options}. Ordinary variables and user
> +options are described using a format like that for functions, except
> +that there are no arguments.
FWIW, to me, a Lisp variable is not just a "name" that can be bound or set...
It is a Lisp symbol that is bound or set...
- bug#11862: [PATCH 7/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: `optional' -> `&optional';, (continued)
- bug#11862: [PATCH 7/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: `optional' -> `&optional';, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 5/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use singular form in a sentence, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 4/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 3/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Eradicate that pesky future tense, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for, Richard Stallman, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Michael Witten, 2012/07/05
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More preciselanguage for what a variable is,
Drew Adams <=
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Wolfgang Jenkner, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Drew Adams, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: Splitting and simplifying [PATCH 8/9], Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8a/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Introduce the term `value' early on, Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8b/2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Reduce and reorganize node `A sample Variable Description', Michael Witten, 2012/07/06
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v3] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Richard Stallman, 2012/07/07
- bug#11862: [Copyright assignment], Chong Yidong, 2012/07/08
- bug#11862: [PATCH 8/9 v2] doc/lispref/intro.texi: More precise language for what a variable is, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/07/06
bug#11862: [PATCH 6/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Re-fill a paragraph, Michael Witten, 2012/07/04