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| author | Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org> | 1999-07-27 21:01:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org> | 1999-07-27 21:01:02 +0000 |
| commit | 3f63de1e217146f1f972df87ccb7d54e14d9e840 (patch) | |
| tree | 8035c70b3637b2593bfa721000aeee07cc66659c /lispref/control.texi | |
| parent | e7029763cae839439b8dc7d9fb90eb4a03de6a9c (diff) | |
| download | emacs-3f63de1e217146f1f972df87ccb7d54e14d9e840.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/lispref/control.texi b/lispref/control.texi index 17311fccf4b..2925201285b 100644 --- a/lispref/control.texi +++ b/lispref/control.texi @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ @cindex control structures A Lisp program consists of expressions or @dfn{forms} (@pxref{Forms}). -We control the order of execution of the forms by enclosing them in +We control the order of execution of these forms by enclosing them in @dfn{control structures}. Control structures are special forms which control when, whether, or how many times to execute the forms they contain. @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ control construct of Lisp. @end example @noindent -and it says to execute the forms @var{a}, @var{b}, @var{c} and so on, in +and it says to execute the forms @var{a}, @var{b}, @var{c}, and so on, in that order. These forms are called the body of the @code{progn} form. The value of the last form in the body becomes the value of the entire @code{progn}. @@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ The return point is distinguished from other such return points by @var{tag} is evaluated normally before the return point is established. With the return point in effect, @code{catch} evaluates the forms of the -@var{body} in textual order. If the forms execute normally, without -error or nonlocal exit, the value of the last body form is returned from +@var{body} in textual order. If the forms execute normally (without +error or nonlocal exit) the value of the last body form is returned from the @code{catch}. If a @code{throw} is done within @var{body} specifying the same value @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ instead. @xref{Catch and Throw}. Most errors are signaled ``automatically'' within Lisp primitives which you call for other purposes, such as if you try to take the @sc{car} of an integer or move forward a character at the end of the -buffer; you can also signal errors explicitly with the functions +buffer. You can also signal errors explicitly with the functions @code{error} and @code{signal}. Quitting, which happens when the user types @kbd{C-g}, is not |