GNU bug report logs - #75512
Typo in (elisp) Symbol Components documentation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Matt <matt <at> excalamus.com>

Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 30.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Matt <matt <at> excalamus.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Typo in (elisp) Symbol Components documentation
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:28:40 +0100

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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Matt Trzcinski
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