Re: C-h v fails when a symbol has variable documentation yet is unbound

[Stefan Monnier]

> When a symbol has variable documentation yet is unbound, "C-h v"'s
> interactive specification prevents a user from displaying this
> documentation.  This is not nice.

To get an unbound var with doc, you either have to do

   (defvar foo nil "doc")
   (makunbound 'foo)
or
   (put 'foo 'variable-documentation "doc")

both of which are rather ugly and feel like workarounds.
So I'm not sure how important this is.


        Stefan