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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2016-01-13 20:19:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2016-01-13 20:19:00 +0200 |
| commit | 2e12e8d74855b953e07252c7b173f34f79808296 (patch) | |
| tree | 6ee16ddf976da7e565a1ee15346f7fba4c5b7b04 | |
| parent | c8eb45da88e05453e78440fedf09a143c832d5a0 (diff) | |
Document the new deafault value of 'load-read-function'
* doc/lispref/loading.texi (How Programs Do Loading): Document the
change in the default value of 'load-read-function'.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/loading.texi | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 2 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/loading.texi b/doc/lispref/loading.texi index cb5c7012c1..18e67f1abf 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/loading.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/loading.texi @@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ This variable specifies an alternate expression-reading function for @code{load} and @code{eval-region} to use instead of @code{read}. The function should accept one argument, just as @code{read} does. -Normally, the variable's value is @code{nil}, which means those -functions should use @code{read}. +By default, this variable's value is @code{read}. @xref{Input +Functions}. Instead of using this variable, it is cleaner to use another, newer feature: to pass the function as the @var{read-function} argument to @@ -1345,7 +1345,9 @@ commands other than the predefined `C-u'. These allow to convert between buffer positions and the corresponding file byte offsets, given the file's encoding. ++++ ** The default value of `load-read-function' is now `read'. +Previously, the default value of `nil' implied using `read'. ** New hook `pre-redisplay-functions', a bit easier to use than pre-redisplay-function. |