# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1167771509 0
# Node ID 04cb4f06cca2918782e4fbbfc46aec2b2a59da63
# Parent  27f521750ce8ea533aa7b8ebf7f947ce01e31c6e
(Variable Aliases): Clarify that aliases vars always have the same value.

diff -r 27f521750ce8 -r 04cb4f06cca2 lispref/variables.texi
--- a/lispref/variables.texi	Tue Jan 02 20:58:02 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/variables.texi	Tue Jan 02 20:58:29 2007 +0000
@@ -1777,9 +1777,11 @@
 
 @defun defvaralias new-alias base-variable &optional docstring
 This function defines the symbol @var{new-alias} as a variable alias
-for symbol @var{base-variable}. This means that retrieving the value of
-@var{new-alias} returns the value of @var{base-variable}, and changing the
-value of @var{new-alias} changes the value of @var{base-variable}.
+for symbol @var{base-variable}. This means that retrieving the value
+of @var{new-alias} returns the value of @var{base-variable}, and
+changing the value of @var{new-alias} changes the value of
+@var{base-variable}.  The two aliased variable names always share the
+same value and the same bindings.
 
 If the @var{docstring} argument is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the
 documentation for @var{new-alias}; otherwise, the alias gets the same