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bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Sep 2023 16:38:55 -0700 |
tags 60639 wontfix
close 60639
thanks
Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss@outlook.com> writes:
> In the section 2.1 "Printed Representation and Read Syntax"
> (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Printed-Representation.html),
> word "hash notation" is used to refer to the symbol "#".
> But it may well confuse non-native English speakers, because the "hash" is
> also associated with "hash function".
>
> A better name for "#" is "number sign".
I don't think "number sign" is very clear, and to be honest I think
our target audience should have to learn that "#" is called a hash.
So we won't be making this change. Sorry.
Closing this as wontfix.
- bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual,
Stefan Kangas <=
bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, Visuwesh, 2023/09/06