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lispintro - Backtrace read out update

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From: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 31589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31589: Acknowledgement (lispintro - Backtrace read out update)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 18:59:49 +1000

> On 25 May 2018, at 18:39, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> And 'this' is a
> commonly-used symbol in these days of OOP.

Yes. That’s one of the two sources of confusion, the other is the plain old English `this’ used in the unquoted list and surrounding discussion.

Having `this-here’ emphasizes the first atom of the list being discussed as distinct from `this' in an oop sense or ordinary `this' in a sentence. It bends over backwards more for a non-programmer.

Anyway, your call.

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