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@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ runs a script non-interactively.
The following procedures can be used to access and set the source
properties of read expressions.
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} set-source-properties! obj plist
-@deffnx {C Function} scm_set_source_properties_x (obj, plist)
-Install the association list @var{plist} as the source property
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} set-source-properties! obj alist
+@deffnx {C Function} scm_set_source_properties_x (obj, alist)
+Install the association list @var{alist} as the source property
list for @var{obj}.
@end deffn
@@ -302,12 +302,12 @@ Return the source property association list of @var{obj}.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} source-property obj key
@deffnx {C Function} scm_source_property (obj, key)
-Return the source property specified by @var{key} from
-@var{obj}'s source property list.
+Return the property specified by @var{key} from @var{obj}'s source
+properties.
@end deffn
In practice there are only two ways that you should use the ability to
-set an expression's source breakpoints.
+set an expression's source properties.
@itemize
@item
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ involved in a backtrace or error report.
If you are looking for a way to attach arbitrary information to an
expression other than these properties, you should use
-@code{make-object-property} instead (@pxref{Object Properties}), because
-that will avoid bloating the source property hash table, which is really
-only intended for the specific purposes described in this section.
+@code{make-object-property} instead (@pxref{Object Properties}). That
+will avoid bloating the source property hash table, which is really
+only intended for the debugging purposes just described.
@node Decoding Memoized Source Expressions