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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: |
Wed, 6 Sep 2023 04:56:18 -0700 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> I don't mind installing it, but IMO its wording needs some
> improvement. Here's what I suggest to install:
>
> In most cases, an object's printed representation is also a read
> syntax for the object. However, some types have no read syntax, since
> it does not make sense to enter objects of these types as constants in
> a Lisp program. These objects are printed in @dfn{hash notation},
> which consists of the characters @samp{#<}, a descriptive string
> (typically the type name followed by the name of the object), and a
> closing @samp{>}. (This is called ``hash notation'' because it
> begins with the @samp{#} character, known as ``hash'' or ``number
> sign''). For example:
Looks good to me.
bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, Visuwesh, 2023/09/06