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(symbol-file): Doc fix.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sun, 29 Nov 1998 16:39:38 +0000
parents 68c3d9e82bb7
children 4e3665e2c42b
files lisp/loadhist.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/loadhist.el	Sun Nov 29 15:41:38 1998 +0000
+++ b/lisp/loadhist.el	Sun Nov 29 16:39:38 1998 +0000
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@
 
 (defun symbol-file (sym)
   "Return the input source from which SYM was loaded.
-This is a file name, or nil if the source was a buffer with no associated file."
+The value is normally a string that was passed to `load':
+either an absolute file name, or a library name
+\(with no directory name and no `.el' or `.elc' at the end).
+It can also be nil, if the definition is not associated with any file."
   (unless load-history-loaded
     (load (expand-file-name
 	   ;; fns-XX.YY.ZZ.el does not work on DOS filesystem.