From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:58:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Variable Aliases): Clarify that aliases vars always have the same value.
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(Variable Aliases): Clarify that aliases vars always have the same value.
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diff --git a/lispref/variables.texi b/lispref/variables.texi
index a2fe4df4da1..a10a157af1b 100644
--- a/lispref/variables.texi
+++ b/lispref/variables.texi
@@ -1777,9 +1777,11 @@ compatibility.  You can do this with @code{defvaralias}.
 
 @defun defvaralias new-alias base-variable &optional docstring
 This function defines the symbol @var{new-alias} as a variable alias
-for symbol @var{base-variable}. This means that retrieving the value of
-@var{new-alias} returns the value of @var{base-variable}, and changing the
-value of @var{new-alias} changes the value of @var{base-variable}.
+for symbol @var{base-variable}. This means that retrieving the value
+of @var{new-alias} returns the value of @var{base-variable}, and
+changing the value of @var{new-alias} changes the value of
+@var{base-variable}.  The two aliased variable names always share the
+same value and the same bindings.
 
 If the @var{docstring} argument is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the
 documentation for @var{new-alias}; otherwise, the alias gets the same