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authorAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2021-03-05 20:49:37 +0100
committerAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2021-03-05 20:49:37 +0100
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Fix up source properties section in manual
* doc/ref/api-debug.texi (Source Properties): Fix wordo, and adapt text.
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@@ -255,14 +255,14 @@ previous thirty years, it used a mechanism known as @dfn{source
properties}.
As Guile reads in Scheme code from file or from standard input, it can
-record remembers the file name, line number and column number where each
+record the file name, line number and column number where each
expression begins in a side table.
-The way that source properties are stored means that Guile can only
-associate source properties with freshly allocated objects. This
-notably excludes individual symbols, keywords, characters, booleans, or
-small integers. This limitation finally motivated the switch to
-@code{read-syntax}.
+The way that this side table associates datums with source properties
+has a limitation, however: Guile can only associate source properties
+with freshly allocated objects. This notably excludes individual
+symbols, keywords, characters, booleans, or small integers. This
+limitation finally motivated the switch to @code{read-syntax}.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} supports-source-properties? obj
@deffnx {C Function} scm_supports_source_properties_p (obj)