Re: defvaralias

[Stefan Monnier]

>    (defvar var2 "DOC2")
>    (defvaralias 'var1 'var2)

> Of course, but I did a prior (defvar var1 "DOC1") to give var1 a
> docstring.  Apart from that the (defvar var1 "DOC1") is really bad.  A
> defvaralias form, like a defalias form, constitutes a definition and
> one should not define var1 twice with different definitions.  But how
> else do I give var1 a prior docstring other than manually manipulating
> the variable-documentation property of var1 before doing the
> defvaralias, which I should not be doing either?

What's wrong with (defvaralias 'var1 'var2 "var1 docstring") ?


        Stefan