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bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual |
Date: |
Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:50:23 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 04:56:18 -0700
> Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, one.last.kiss@outlook.com, 60639@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> 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.
Now installed on the emacs-29 branch, and closing the bug.
bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, Visuwesh, 2023/09/06