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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) |