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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Thu, 05 May 1994 07:21:27 +0000 |
parents | 08d61ef58d13 |
children | 2d4db32cccd5 |
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--- a/lispref/objects.texi Thu May 05 06:49:43 1994 +0000 +++ b/lispref/objects.texi Thu May 05 07:21:27 1994 +0000 @@ -131,15 +131,15 @@ * Floating Point Type:: Numbers with fractional parts and with a large range. * Character Type:: The representation of letters, numbers and control characters. +* Symbol Type:: A multi-use object that refers to a function, + variable, or property list, and has a unique identity. * Sequence Type:: Both lists and arrays are classified as sequences. * Cons Cell Type:: Cons cells, and lists (which are made from cons cells). * Array Type:: Arrays include strings and vectors. * String Type:: An (efficient) array of characters. * Vector Type:: One-dimensional arrays. -* Symbol Type:: A multi-use object that refers to a function, - variable, property list, or itself. -* Lisp Function Type:: A piece of executable code you can call from elsewhere. -* Lisp Macro Type:: A method of expanding an expression into another +* Function Type:: A piece of executable code you can call from elsewhere. +* Macro Type:: A method of expanding an expression into another expression, more fundamental but less pretty. * Primitive Function Type:: A function written in C, callable from Lisp. * Byte-Code Type:: A function written in Lisp, then compiled. @@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ Streams have no special printed representation or read syntax, and print as whatever primitive type they are. - @xref{Streams, Reading and Printing}, for a description of functions + @xref{Read and Print}, for a description of functions related to streams, including parsing and printing functions. @node Keymap Type