This is in response to Eli’s review here:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2019-07/msg00712.html
* lisp/subr.el (user-emacs-directory): defvar, not defconst
This hook is normally set up with a function to put the buffer in Help
mode.")
-(defconst user-emacs-directory
+(defvar user-emacs-directory
;; The value does not matter since Emacs sets this at startup.
nil
"Directory beneath which additional per-user Emacs-specific files are placed.