; (let-alist): Document double-dot escape syntax. (Bug#75852)
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@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ the variables of the outer one. You can, however, access alists
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inside the original alist by using dots inside the symbol, as
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displayed in the example above.
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To refer to a non-`let-alist' variable starting with a dot in BODY, use
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two dots instead of one. For example, in the following form `..foo'
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refers to the variable `.foo' bound outside of the `let-alist':
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(let ((.foo 42)) (let-alist \\='((foo . nil)) ..foo))
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Note that there is no way to differentiate the case where a key
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is missing from when it is present, but its value is nil. Thus,
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the following form evaluates to nil:
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