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emacs-27 f9fa726: Improve doc strings of makunbound and fmakunbound


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: emacs-27 f9fa726: Improve doc strings of makunbound and fmakunbound
Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 16:07:34 -0400 (EDT)

branch: emacs-27
commit f9fa726cede2d90501e5b8f0d93bfa4ce134868d
Author: Stefan Kangas <address@hidden>
Commit: Stefan Kangas <address@hidden>

    Improve doc strings of makunbound and fmakunbound
    
    * src/data.c (Fmakunbound, Ffmakunbound): Improve doc
    strings.  (Bug#41026)
---
 src/data.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index 5ce5e36..0f3ac8c 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -701,8 +701,14 @@ DEFUN ("fboundp", Ffboundp, Sfboundp, 1, 1, 0,
 }
 
 DEFUN ("makunbound", Fmakunbound, Smakunbound, 1, 1, 0,
-       doc: /* Make SYMBOL's value be void.
-Return SYMBOL.  */)
+       doc: /* Empty out the value cell of SYMBOL, making it void as a 
variable.
+Return SYMBOL.
+
+If a variable is void, trying to evaluate the variable signals a
+`void-variable' error, instead of returning a value.  For more
+details, see Info node `(elisp) Void Variables'.
+
+See also `fmakunbound'.  */)
   (register Lisp_Object symbol)
 {
   CHECK_SYMBOL (symbol);
@@ -713,8 +719,14 @@ Return SYMBOL.  */)
 }
 
 DEFUN ("fmakunbound", Ffmakunbound, Sfmakunbound, 1, 1, 0,
-       doc: /* Make SYMBOL's function definition be nil.
-Return SYMBOL.  */)
+       doc: /* Make SYMBOL's function definition be void.
+Return SYMBOL.
+
+If a function definition is void, trying to call a function by that
+name will cause a `void-function' error.  For more details, see Info
+node `(elisp) Function Cells'.
+
+See also `makunbound'.  */)
   (register Lisp_Object symbol)
 {
   CHECK_SYMBOL (symbol);



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