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, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/callint.c b/src/callint.c
index e09210f1bb6..96e2e10b9d5 100644
--- a/src/callint.c
+++ b/src/callint.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ r -- Region: point and mark as 2 numeric args, smallest first.  Does no I/O.
 s -- Any string.  Does not inherit the current input method.
 S -- Any symbol.
 U -- Mouse up event discarded by a previous k or K argument.
-v -- Variable name: symbol that is user-variable-p.
+v -- Variable name: symbol that is `custom-variable-p'.
 x -- Lisp expression read but not evaluated.
 X -- Lisp expression read and evaluated.
 z -- Coding system.
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ invoke it.  If KEYS is omitted or nil, the return value of
           break;
 
         case 'v':               /* Variable name: symbol that is
-                                   user-variable-p. */
+                                   custom-variable-p. */
           args[i] = Fread_variable (callint_message, Qnil);
           visargs[i] = last_minibuf_string;
           break;