* variables.texi (Variable Aliases): Mention

cyclic-variable-indirection.

* errors.texi (Standard Errors): Ditto.

diff --git a/lispref/ChangeLog b/lispref/ChangeLog
index ac272e94a87d51ff4ae85b90e7a1c6816a05e068..ada77ec4a3634904c1c679cbb0ca87689bd73f0d 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-04-05  Jesper Harder  <harder@ifa.au.dk>
+
+       * variables.texi (Variable Aliases): Mention
+       cyclic-variable-indirection.
+
+       * errors.texi (Standard Errors): Ditto.
+
 2004-04-04  Luc Teirlinck  <teirllm@auburn.edu>
 
        * backups.texi:  Various small changes in addition to:

diff --git a/lispref/errors.texi b/lispref/errors.texi
index daffbf308b3b7978cb4636d9833916dbf421687e..8591fb9a45f78ac97073b8499155f72cd79fd0df 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/errors.texi
+++ b/lispref/errors.texi
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}.
 @code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections\@* contains a loop"}@*
 @xref{Function Indirection}.
 
+@item cyclic-variable-indirection
+@code{"Symbol's chain of variable indirections contains a loop"}@*
+@xref{Variable Aliases}.
+
 @item end-of-buffer
 @code{"End of buffer"}@*
 @xref{Motion}.

diff --git a/lispref/variables.texi b/lispref/variables.texi
index 4ff40120ca4f37049da608a868632035dd94ea9e..f4c56ede4d9026bd0410a61de50d81ef9f5e902e 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/variables.texi
+++ b/lispref/variables.texi
@@ -1714,6 +1714,9 @@ This function returns @var{base-var}.
 This function returns the variable at the end of the chain of aliases
 of @var{variable}.  If @var{variable} is not a symbol, or if @var{variable} is
 not defined as an alias, the function returns @var{variable}.
+
+This function signals a @code{cyclic-variable-indirection} error if
+there is a loop in the chain of symbols.
 @end defun
 
 @example