Re: master baf1a7a4a0: Turn gv-synthetic-place into a function

[Michael Heerdegen]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:


> > I'd prefer
> > 
> >  -- Macro: setf [gv val]...
> >      This macro evaluates VAL and stores it in GV, which must be a
> >      valid generalized variable form.  If there are several GV and
> >      VAL pairs, the assignments are done sequentially just as with
> >      ‘setq’.  ‘setf’ returns the value of the last VAL.
>
> VAL stands for "value", and talking about "evaluating a value" makes
> little sense, IMO.

Indeed.

>  How about
>
>   This macro evaluates FORM and stores its value in PLACE, ...

We could also say (a bit more similar to the first sentence of the
`setq' docstring):

  -- Macro: setf [gv val]...
      Set each place described by the generalized variable GV to its VAL.
      ...

Michael.