Subject: bug#75512: closed (Re: bug#75512: Typo in (elisp) Symbol Components documentation)

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Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 03:11:02 +0000

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#75512: Typo in (elisp) Symbol Components documentation

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Subject: Re: bug#75512: Typo in (elisp) Symbol Components documentation
From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
To: Matt <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 04:10:13 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Version: 30.1

Matt <[email-masked]> writes:

> Incorrect plural on word "variable":
>
> modified   doc/lispref/symbols.texi
> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ reference any object.  (This is not the same thing as holding the symbol
>  a value cell that is void results in an error, such as @samp{Symbol's
>  value as variable is void}.
>
> -  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variables
> +  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variable
>  names and function names do not conflict.  For example, the symbol
>  @code{buffer-file-name} has a value (the name of the file being
>  visited in the current buffer) as well as a function definition (a
>
> It may also help comprehension to remove the word "names" as follows:
>
> modified   doc/lispref/symbols.texi
> @@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ reference any object.  (This is not the same thing as holding the symbol
>  a value cell that is void results in an error, such as @samp{Symbol's
>  value as variable is void}.
>
> -  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variables
> -names and function names do not conflict.  For example, the symbol
> +  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variable
> +and function names do not conflict.  For example, the symbol
>  @code{buffer-file-name} has a value (the name of the file being
>  visited in the current buffer) as well as a function definition (a
>  primitive function that returns the name of the file):
>
> Removing "names" makes the form of the statement match the form of the preceding phrase.  The phrase has form "A and B X", the statement has form "A X and B X".

Thanks!  I fixed it like this instead:

    Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, the names
    of variables and functions do not conflict.

Closing this bug.

Subject: Typo in (elisp) Symbol Components documentation
From: Matt <[email-masked]>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:28:40 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Incorrect plural on word "variable":

modified   doc/lispref/symbols.texi
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ reference any object.  (This is not the same thing as holding the symbol
 a value cell that is void results in an error, such as @samp{Symbol's
 value as variable is void}.
 
-  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variables
+  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variable
 names and function names do not conflict.  For example, the symbol
 @code{buffer-file-name} has a value (the name of the file being
 visited in the current buffer) as well as a function definition (a

It may also help comprehension to remove the word "names" as follows:

modified   doc/lispref/symbols.texi
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ reference any object.  (This is not the same thing as holding the symbol
 a value cell that is void results in an error, such as @samp{Symbol's
 value as variable is void}.
 
-  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variables
-names and function names do not conflict.  For example, the symbol
+  Because each symbol has separate value and function cells, variable
+and function names do not conflict.  For example, the symbol
 @code{buffer-file-name} has a value (the name of the file being
 visited in the current buffer) as well as a function definition (a
 primitive function that returns the name of the file):

Removing "names" makes the form of the statement match the form of the preceding phrase.  The phrase has form "A and B X", the statement has form "A X and B X".

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