changeset 24391:44e1a823dd6b

(Fdefconst): Doc fix.
author Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
date Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:23:57 +0000
parents fa1aec732bee
children 634381209ab5
files src/eval.c
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/eval.c	Tue Feb 23 22:22:50 1999 +0000
+++ b/src/eval.c	Tue Feb 23 22:23:57 1999 +0000
@@ -623,18 +623,11 @@
 
 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;
 {