GNU bug report logs - #60639
Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

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Message #12 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss <at> outlook.com>
Cc: 60639 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference
 Manual
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 16:38:55 -0700

tags 60639 wontfix
close 60639
thanks

Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss <at> outlook.com> writes:

> In the section 2.1 "Printed Representation and Read Syntax"
> (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Printed-Representation.html),
> word "hash notation" is used to refer to the symbol "#".
> But it may well confuse non-native English speakers, because the "hash" is also associated with "hash function".
>
> A better name for "#" is "number sign".

I don't think "number sign" is very clear, and to be honest I think
our target audience should have to learn that "#" is called a hash.

So we won't be making this change.  Sorry.

Closing this as wontfix.

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