When the evaluator is applied to a symbol the computed value of the form is the object stored in the symbol's variable slot. Basically this means that to get the value of a variable you simply write its name. For example,
buffer-list
=> (#<buffer *jade*> #<buffer programmer.texi>)
this extract from a Lisp session shows the read syntax of a form to
get the value of the variable buffer-list and the result when
this form is evaluated.
Since forms are evaluated within the current environment the value of a variable is its newest binding, or in the case of buffer-local variables, its value in the current buffer. See section Variables.
If the value of an evaluated symbol is void an error is signalled.
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