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More cl.texi updates

* doc/misc/cl.texi (Multiple Values, Common Lisp Compatibility):
More namespace updates.
(Obsolete Features): Copyedits.
(Obsolete Lexical Macros, Obsolete Setf Customization): New subsections.

* etc/NEWS: Related edits.
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2012-10-28 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
* cl.texi (Multiple Values, Common Lisp Compatibility):
More namespace updates.
(Obsolete Features): Copyedits.
(Obsolete Lexical Macros, Obsolete Setf Customization):
New subsections.
* cl.texi (Porting Common Lisp, Lexical Bindings):
Add some xrefs to the Elisp manual.

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@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ standard @code{setf} facility, and a number of looping and conditional
constructs.
@c FIXME
@c flet is not cl-flet, values is not cl-values.
@c flet is not cl-flet.
@menu
* Assignment:: The @code{cl-psetq} form.
* Generalized Variables:: Extensions to generalized variables.
@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ constructs.
* Blocks and Exits:: @code{cl-block}, @code{cl-return}, @code{cl-return-from}.
* Iteration:: @code{cl-do}, @code{cl-dotimes}, @code{cl-dolist}, @code{cl-do-symbols}.
* Loop Facility:: The Common Lisp @code{cl-loop} macro.
* Multiple Values:: @code{values}, @code{cl-multiple-value-bind}, etc.
* Multiple Values:: @code{cl-values}, @code{cl-multiple-value-bind}, etc.
@end menu
@node Assignment
@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ than one value either return just the first value (as in
@code{get-setf-method}). This package @emph{does} define placeholders
for the Common Lisp functions that work with multiple values, but
in Emacs Lisp these functions simply operate on lists instead.
The @code{values} form, for example, is a synonym for @code{list}
The @code{cl-values} form, for example, is a synonym for @code{list}
in Emacs.
@defmac cl-multiple-value-bind (var@dots{}) values-form forms@dots{}
@ -4701,9 +4701,9 @@ and type specifiers are unimplemented.
The multiple-value return facility treats lists as multiple
values, since Emacs Lisp cannot support multiple return values
directly. The macros will be compatible with Common Lisp if
@code{values} or @code{values-list} is always used to return to
@code{cl-values} or @code{cl-values-list} is always used to return to
a @code{cl-multiple-value-bind} or other multiple-value receiver;
if @code{values} is used without @code{cl-multiple-value-@dots{}}
if @code{cl-values} is used without @code{cl-multiple-value-@dots{}}
or vice-versa the effect will be different from Common Lisp.
Many Common Lisp declarations are ignored, and others match
@ -4927,11 +4927,15 @@ recursion.
@appendix Obsolete Features
This section describes some features of the package that are obsolete
and should not be used in new code. They are only provided by the old
@file{cl.el} entry point, not by the newer @file{cl-lib.el}.
and should not be used in new code. They are either only provided by
the old @file{cl.el} entry point, not by the newer @file{cl-lib.el};
or where versions with a @samp{cl-} prefix do exist they do not behave
in exactly the same way.
@menu
* Lexical Bindings:: An approximation of lexical binding.
* Lexical Bindings:: An approximation of lexical binding.
* Obsolete Lexical Macros:: Obsolete macros using lexical-let.
* Obsolete Setf Customization:: Obsolete ways to customize setf.
@end menu
@node Lexical Bindings
@ -5050,6 +5054,46 @@ This form is just like @code{lexical-let}, except that the bindings
are made sequentially in the manner of @code{let*}.
@end defmac
@node Obsolete Lexical Macros
@appendixsec Macros Defined Using Lexical-Let
The following macros are defined using @code{lexical-let}.
They are replaced by versions with a @samp{cl-} prefix that use true
lexical binding (and hence rely on @code{lexical-binding} being set to
@code{t} in code using them).
@defmac flet (bindings@dots{}) forms@dots{}
Replaced by @code{cl-flet} (@pxref{Function Bindings})
or @code{cl-letf} (@pxref{Modify Macros}).
@end defmac
@defmac labels (bindings@dots{}) forms@dots{}
Replaced by @code{cl-labels} (@pxref{Function Bindings}).
@end defmac
@defmac letf (bindings@dots{}) forms@dots{}
Replaced by @code{cl-letf} (@pxref{Modify Macros}).
@end defmac
@node Obsolete Setf Customization
@appendixsec Obsolete Ways to Customize Setf
This section describes some obsolete ways to extend @code{setf}.
They are replaced by @file{gv.el} in Emacs 24.3.
@c FIXME.
@defmac define-setf-expander name arglist &rest body
Use @file{gv.el}.
@end defmac
@defmac defsetf access-fn update-fn
Use @file{gv.el}.
@end defmac
@defmac define-modify-macro name arglist function [doc-string]
Use @file{gv.el}.
@end defmac
@node GNU Free Documentation License
@appendix GNU Free Documentation License

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to the `lexical-let' machinery used previously) to capture definitions in
closures, so such closures will only work if `lexical-binding' is in use.
*** `cl-letf' is not exactly like `letf'.
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*** `progv' was rewritten to use the `let' machinery.
A side effect is that vars without corresponding value are bound to nil
rather than making them unbound.
*** The following methods of extending `setf' are obsolete.
Use gv.el instead (FIXME; details).
`define-setf-expander', `defsetf', `define-modify-macro'
** Compilation mode
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*** New option `compilation-always-kill'.