* etc/NEWS: Extend paragraph about &define form and backtracking

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 328c38c11891b88e4fc58472cd4be3c34b468f1a..5e37b38b90e418bc9dda7bdc878f204818248382 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2535,8 +2535,11 @@ back in Emacs 23.1.  The affected functions are: 'make-obsolete',
 
 ** The 'values' variable is now obsolete.
 
-** The '&define' keyword in an Edebug specification now disables
-backtracking.
++++
+** The '&define' keyword in an Edebug specification now disables backtracking.
+The implementation was buggy, and multiple &define forms in an &or
+form should be exceedingly rare.  See the Info node 'Backtracking' in
+the Emacs Lisp reference manual for background.
 
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 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 28.1