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authorKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1999-02-23 22:23:57 +0000
committerKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1999-02-23 22:23:57 +0000
commit701b1ec29afc83a41a2250e794b0ec0b4d531633 (patch)
tree3cdf4aefdf9f3527d52031469ff87ff93a8f4757 /src/eval.c
parente6e9c5160dfef762ce0e41c8b17c43a024bdd0f2 (diff)
downloademacs-701b1ec29afc83a41a2250e794b0ec0b4d531633.tar.gz
(Fdefconst): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 45147ecfb35..e8ff6857053 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -623,18 +623,11 @@ If INITVALUE is missing, SYMBOL's value is not set.")
DEFUN ("defconst", Fdefconst, Sdefconst, 2, UNEVALLED, 0,
"(defconst SYMBOL INITVALUE DOCSTRING): define SYMBOL as a constant variable.\n\
-The intent is that programs do not change this value, but users may.\n\
+The intent is that nether programs nor users should ever change this value.\n\
Always sets the value of SYMBOL to the result of evalling INITVALUE.\n\
If SYMBOL is buffer-local, its default value is what is set;\n\
buffer-local values are not affected.\n\
-DOCSTRING is optional.\n\
-If DOCSTRING starts with *, this variable is identified as a user option.\n\
- This means that M-x set-variable and M-x edit-options recognize it.\n\n\
-Note: do not use `defconst' for user options in libraries that are not\n\
-normally loaded, since it is useful for users to be able to specify\n\
-their own values for such variables before loading the library.\n\
-Since `defconst' unconditionally assigns the variable,\n\
-it would override the user's choice.")
+DOCSTRING is optional.")
(args)
Lisp_Object args;
{