Subject: Re: bug#73626: 30.0.91; Type specifiers of functions

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 23:21:59 -0500

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  > -@var{type} is a type specifier in the form @w{@code{(function
  > +@var{type} is a @ref{Type Specifier} in the form @w{@code{(function
  >  (ARG-1-TYPE ... ARG-N-TYPE) RETURN-TYPE)}}.

Please don't use a cross-reference to stand in for a nominal.  It
isn't grammatically coherent, and I think it will look completely
wrong in some output formats.

The right thing to use here is this:

  type specifier (@pxrer{Type Specifier})

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