Remove defining user variables via * in docstring.

* lisp/apropos.el (apropos-variable):
* lisp/files-x.el (read-file-local-variable):
* lisp/simple.el (set-variable):
* lisp/woman.el (woman-mini-help):
* lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el (side-effect-free-fns): Callers changed.

* lisp/custom.el (custom-variable-p): Return nil for non-symbol
arguments instead of signaling an error.
(user-variable-p): Obsolete alias for custom-variable-p.

* lisp/erc/erc.el (erc-cmd-SET): Call custom-variable-p instead of
user-variable-p.

* src/callint.c (Finteractive, Fcall_interactively):
* src/minibuf.c (Fread_variable): Callers changed.

* src/eval.c (Fuser_variable_p, user_variable_p_eh)
(lisp_indirect_variable): Functions deleted.
(Fdefvar): Caller changed.

* doc/lispref/commands.texi (Interactive Codes):
* doc/lispref/help.texi (Accessing Documentation):
* doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (High-Level Completion): Callers changed.

* doc/lispref/customize.texi (Variable Definitions): Remove user-variable-p.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index ed4470b998a..8c3093aa2c2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2012-04-09  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
+
+        * custom.el (custom-variable-p): Return nil for non-symbol
+        arguments instead of signaling an error.
+        (user-variable-p): Obsolete alias for custom-variable-p.
+
+        * apropos.el (apropos-variable):
+        * files-x.el (read-file-local-variable):
+        * simple.el (set-variable):
+        * woman.el (woman-mini-help):
+        * emacs-lisp/byte-opt.el (side-effect-free-fns): Callers changed.
+
 2012-04-09  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * startup.el (normal-top-level): Don't look for leim-list.el