# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 791248242 0
# Node ID ab52927eddad7e7b8f12bff89545d3a611082624
# Parent  c8717227f621d6f81f7b6e97ad26101d2ef603d8
(describe-variable): Use local-variable-p.

diff -r c8717227f621 -r ab52927eddad lisp/help.el
--- a/lisp/help.el	Fri Jan 27 23:08:49 1995 +0000
+++ b/lisp/help.el	Fri Jan 27 23:10:42 1995 +0000
@@ -504,15 +504,8 @@
         (princ "void.")
       (prin1 (symbol-value variable)))
     (terpri)
-    (let ((locals (buffer-local-variables))
-	  is-local)
-      (while locals
-	(if (or (eq variable (car locals))
-		(eq variable (car-safe (car locals))))
-	    (setq is-local t locals nil))
-	(setq locals (cdr locals)))
-      (if is-local
-	  (princ (format "Local in buffer %s\n" (buffer-name)))))
+    (if (local-variable-p variable)
+	(princ (format "Local in buffer %s\n" (buffer-name))))
     (terpri)
     (princ "Documentation:")
     (terpri)