From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 12:05:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Bindat Spec): Suggest names ending in -bindat-spec.
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(Bindat Spec): Suggest names ending in -bindat-spec.
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diff --git a/lispref/processes.texi b/lispref/processes.texi
index dbc2486f5f6..7aa4aa9eb7d 100644
--- a/lispref/processes.texi
+++ b/lispref/processes.texi
@@ -2099,7 +2099,9 @@ direction is also known as @dfn{serializing} or @dfn{packing}.
   To control unpacking and packing, you write a @dfn{data layout
 specification}, a special nested list describing named and typed
 @dfn{fields}.  This specification controls length of each field to be
-processed, and how to pack or unpack it.
+processed, and how to pack or unpack it.  We normally keep bindat specs
+in variables whose names end in @samp{-bindat-spec}; that kind of name
+is automatically recognized as ``risky.''
 
 @cindex endianness
 @cindex big endian