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(setq nil 500)
@error{} Attempt to set constant symbol: nil
@end group
@end example

@defvar keyword-symbols-constant-flag
If this variable is @code{nil}, you are allowed to set and bind symbols
whose names start with @samp{:} however you wish.  This is to make it
possible to run old Lisp programs which do that.
@end defvar

@defun keywordp object
@tindex keywordp
function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a symbol whose name
starts with @samp{:}, interned in the standard obarray, and returns
@code{nil} otherwise.

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(setq nil 500)
@error{} Attempt to set constant symbol: nil
@end group
@end example

@defun keywordp object
@tindex keywordp
function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a symbol whose name
starts with @samp{:}, interned in the standard obarray, and returns
@code{nil} otherwise.