Info: (elisp) Symbol Properties

elisp: Symbol Properties

 
 8.4 Symbol Properties
 =====================
 
 A symbol may possess any number of “symbol properties”, which can be
 used to record miscellaneous information about the symbol.  For example,
 when a symbol has a ‘risky-local-variable’ property with a non-‘nil’
 value, that means the variable which the symbol names is a risky
 file-local variable (File Local Variables).
 
    Each symbol’s properties and property values are stored in the
 symbol’s property list cell (Symbol Components), in the form of
 a property list (Property Lists).

elisp: Symbol Properties

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