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diff --git a/doc/lispref/variables.texi b/doc/lispref/variables.texi index c8451527d4f..814c5e2dd1c 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/variables.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/variables.texi @@ -2141,12 +2141,14 @@ This is the most general way to define a new @code{setf} expansion. @end ignore @cindex CL note---no @code{setf} functions -Common Lisp defines another way to specify the @code{setf} behavior of -a function, namely ``@code{setf} functions'', whose names are lists -@code{(setf @var{name})} rather than symbols. For example, -@code{(defun (setf foo) @dots{})} defines the function that is used -when @code{setf} is applied to @code{foo}. Emacs does not support -this. It is a compile-time error to use @code{setf} on a form that -has not already had an appropriate expansion defined. In Common Lisp, -this is not an error since the function @code{(setf @var{func})} might -be defined later. +@quotation +@b{Common Lisp note:} Common Lisp defines another way to specify the +@code{setf} behavior of a function, namely ``@code{setf} functions'', +whose names are lists @code{(setf @var{name})} rather than symbols. +For example, @code{(defun (setf foo) @dots{})} defines the function +that is used when @code{setf} is applied to @code{foo}. Emacs does +not support this. It is a compile-time error to use @code{setf} on a +form that has not already had an appropriate expansion defined. In +Common Lisp, this is not an error since the function @code{(setf +@var{func})} might be defined later. +@end quotation |