@lisp
@group
-(define-multisession-variable foo-var 0)
+(define-multisession-variable foo 0)
(defun my-adder (num)
(interactive "nAdd number: ")
(setf (multisession-value foo)
@end lisp
@noindent
-This defines the variable @code{foo-var} and binds it to a special
+This defines the variable @code{foo} and binds it to a special
multisession object which is initialized with the value @samp{0} (if
the variable doesn't already exist from a previous session). The
@code{my-adder} command queries the user for a number, adds this to
@var{package-symbol} isn't given, this will default to the first
``segment'' of the @var{name} symbol's name, which is the part of its
name up to and excluding the first @samp{-}. For instance, if
-@var{name} is @code{foo-var} and @var{package-symbol} isn't given,
+@var{name} is @code{foo} and @var{package-symbol} isn't given,
@var{package-symbol} will default to @code{foo}.
@cindex synchronized multisession variables
Multisession variables can be @dfn{synchronized} if @var{bool} is
non-@code{nil}. This means that if there're two concurrent Emacs
instances running, and the other Emacs changes the multisession
-variable @code{foo-var}, the current Emacs instance will retrieve that
+variable @code{foo}, the current Emacs instance will retrieve that
modified data when accessing the value. If @var{synchronized} is
@code{nil} or missing, this won't happen, and the values in all
Emacs sessions using the variable will be independent of each other.