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author | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2021-03-05 20:49:37 +0100 |
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committer | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2021-03-05 20:49:37 +0100 |
commit | 4ad56ed938ccbd98c236eb0aac489d8636b4ab3b (patch) | |
tree | 3ce89dc49a626f54a42d62da7fa7560bcaf006a0 /doc/ref/api-debug.texi | |
parent | 9897650f7a75a205b08dbe4c155644860c12cb53 (diff) | |
download | guile-4ad56ed938ccbd98c236eb0aac489d8636b4ab3b.tar.gz |
Fix up source properties section in manual
* doc/ref/api-debug.texi (Source Properties): Fix wordo, and adapt
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diff --git a/doc/ref/api-debug.texi b/doc/ref/api-debug.texi index e60c2ae9f..97326ff76 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-debug.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-debug.texi @@ -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) |