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[PATCH] Fix typos in docstrings.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de>
Cc: 59647 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59647: [PATCH] Fix typos in docstrings.
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 23:20:32 +0100

jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de> skribis:

> * libguile/boolean.c
>     (scm_not): Fix typo.
>     (scm_boolean_p): Fix typo.
> ---
>  libguile/boolean.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libguile/boolean.c b/libguile/boolean.c
> index e8370331f..930001a89 100644
> --- a/libguile/boolean.c
> +++ b/libguile/boolean.c
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ verify (SCM_BITS_DIFFER_IN_EXACTLY_TWO_BIT_POSITIONS		\
>  
>  SCM_DEFINE (scm_not, "not", 1, 0, 0, 
>              (SCM x),
> -            "Return @code{#t} iff @var{x} is false, else return @code{#f}.")
> +            "Return @code{#t} if @var{x} is false, else return @code{#f}.")

Hi!  These are not typos: “iff” is short for “if and only if”.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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