Hi Konrad,

> I would say that there are some functions where additional verbosity
> is warranted. the function for assigning values is one such place.
> Especially when the acutal behaviour may not be what people with Lisp
> experience expect.
> 
> While succinctness is good in documentation, it is possible to have
> too much of a good thing.

I do fully agree. The concept of a variable ('var') is not sufficiently
explained anywhere. There should be a separate chapter for it in
"doc/ref.html", and links to it in the references of 'set', 'val',
'inc', '::' and others.

Cheers,
- Alex
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