Re: [Geiser-users] Corrections for Geiser/doc/repl.texi

[Mark Harig]

> > The hyphenation makes it clear(er) that it is [a "for each REPL"
> > basis], rather than [a for each "REPL basis"] (what's a "REPL
> > basis"?). That is, it creates a compound modifier "per REPL" that
> > modifies "basis," instead of letting "per" act as a modifier to the
> > (unintended) term "REPL basis."

> To my ears, "on a per REPL basis" can only make sense if per modifies
> REPL (because of the common expression "on a <> basis"),

Encyclopedia Britannica is a pretty careful writer.  Here is an example
of their usage of "per-[item] basis":

Aspects of the topic per-occurrence basis are discussed in the 
following places at Britannica.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/450964/per-occurrence-basis

That is, they have a topic called "per-occurrence basis" (for some 
reason), and
they hyphenated to compound modifier.

-