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authorNoam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>2018-06-20 08:40:51 -0400
committerNoam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>2018-06-20 08:46:13 -0400
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Change index of ";" to better reflect it's usage (Bug#31623)
* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Comments): "; for commenting" fits better with the following text about how a semicolon begins a comment. Also mention that only unescaped semicolons start a comment.
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
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@@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ not be evaluated later. @xref{Input Functions}, for a description of
@node Comments
@section Comments
@cindex comments
-@cindex @samp{;} in comment
-
- A @dfn{comment} is text that is written in a program only for the sake
-of humans that read the program, and that has no effect on the meaning
-of the program. In Lisp, a semicolon (@samp{;}) starts a comment if it
-is not within a string or character constant. The comment continues to
-the end of line. The Lisp reader discards comments; they do not become
-part of the Lisp objects which represent the program within the Lisp
-system.
+@cindex @samp{;} for commenting
+
+ A @dfn{comment} is text that is written in a program only for the
+sake of humans that read the program, and that has no effect on the
+meaning of the program. In Lisp, an unescaped semicolon (@samp{;})
+starts a comment if it is not within a string or character constant.
+The comment continues to the end of line. The Lisp reader discards
+comments; they do not become part of the Lisp objects which represent
+the program within the Lisp system.
The @samp{#@@@var{count}} construct, which skips the next @var{count}
characters, is useful for program-generated comments containing binary