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revision 1.31 by kfstorm, Mon May 13 19:04:27 2002 UTC revision 1.32 by lektu, Mon Jul 15 15:39:40 2002 UTC
# Line 1676  chosen, or because its meaning has partl Line 1676  chosen, or because its meaning has partl
1676  to keep the old name as an @emph{alias} of the new one for  to keep the old name as an @emph{alias} of the new one for
1677  compatibility.  You can do this with @code{defvaralias}.  compatibility.  You can do this with @code{defvaralias}.
1678    
1679  @defmac defvaralias alias-var base-var  @defmac defvaralias alias-var base-var [docstring]
1680  This function defines the symbol @var{alias-var} as a variable alias  This function defines the symbol @var{alias-var} as a variable alias
1681  for symbol @var{base-var}.  This means that retrieving the value of  for symbol @var{base-var}. This means that retrieving the value of
1682  @var{alias-var} returns the value of @var{base-var}, and changing the  @var{alias-var} returns the value of @var{base-var}, and changing the
1683  value of @var{alias-var} changes the value of @var{base-var}.  value of @var{alias-var} changes the value of @var{base-var}.
1684    
1685    If the @var{docstring} argument is present, it specifies the documentation for
1686    @var{alias-var}; otherwise, it has the same documentation that @var{base-var},
1687    if any.
1688  @end defmac  @end defmac
1689    
1690  @defun indirect-variable variable  @defun indirect-variable variable

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