bug#3752: 23.0.95; I can not understant a sentence in Intro to Emacs Lisp .

[waterloo]

yes,it is clearer . thanks

In 11.1.2 An Example:`print-elements-of-list', I can not understand why there is a `nil' in the context .

thanks
If I shoud file a new bug for this question? 
I still use emacs23.0.95 .

2009/7/5 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>

waterloo wrote:

> --text follows this line--
> In section 8.5.1 in the manual `Introduction to Emacs Lisp'.  I can
> not understant what is `readily settable variable' in second
> paragraph.

Does the following make it clearer?

  When you specified a variable using the `defvar' special form, you
  could distinguish a variable that a user might want to change from
  others by typing an asterisk,...

It should be read in the context of the previous paragraph.