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

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 01:23:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss <at> outlook.com>
To: 60639 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 19:41:17 +0000

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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".

[0001-better-word-for-hash-notation.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]
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