From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:12:42 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Add doc strings to the ielm * variables
X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.0.90~2348
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=756c48b33fc501003fb46598ed44c8a701c7a4df;p=emacs.git

Add doc strings to the ielm * variables

* lisp/ielm.el: (*, **, ***): Add doc strings.
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diff --git a/lisp/ielm.el b/lisp/ielm.el
index b8b0e260650..e9d3afe4c1b 100644
--- a/lisp/ielm.el
+++ b/lisp/ielm.el
@@ -122,14 +122,17 @@ such as `edebug-defun' to work with such inputs."
   :type 'hook
   :group 'ielm)
 
-;; Most recent value evaluated in IELM.
+;; We define these symbols (that are only used buffer-locally in ielm
+;; buffers) this way to avoid having them be defined in the global
+;; Emacs namespace.
 (defvar *)
+(put '* 'variable-documentation "Most recent value evaluated in IELM.")
 
-;; Second-most-recent value evaluated in IELM.
 (defvar **)
+(put '** 'variable-documentation "Second-most-recent value evaluated in IELM.")
 
-;; Third-most-recent value evaluated in IELM.
 (defvar ***)
+(put '*** 'variable-documentation "Third-most-recent value evaluated in IELM.")
 
 (defvar ielm-match-data nil
   "Match data saved at the end of last command.")