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authorMiles Bader <miles@gnu.org>2007-01-26 06:16:11 +0000
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@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002,
-@c 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000,
+@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../info/variables
@node Variables, Functions, Control Structures, Top
@@ -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