changeset 39168:0317f0f05c37

Minor clarification.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Thu, 06 Sep 2001 19:50:20 +0000
parents 97f7986f0b80
children 338b1a97adf7
files lispref/functions.texi lispref/text.texi
diffstat 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lispref/functions.texi	Thu Sep 06 19:49:21 2001 +0000
+++ b/lispref/functions.texi	Thu Sep 06 19:50:20 2001 +0000
@@ -364,9 +364,11 @@
   There is no way to have required arguments following optional
 ones---it would not make sense.  To see why this must be so, suppose
 that @code{c} in the example were optional and @code{d} were required.
-Suppose three actual arguments are given; which variable would the third
-argument be for?  Similarly, it makes no sense to have any more
-arguments (either required or optional) after a @code{&rest} argument.
+Suppose three actual arguments are given; which variable would the
+third argument be for?  Would it be used for the @var{c}, or for
+@var{d}?  One can argue for both possibilities.  Similarly, it makes
+no sense to have any more arguments (either required or optional)
+after a @code{&rest} argument.
 
   Here are some examples of argument lists and proper calls:
 
--- a/lispref/text.texi	Thu Sep 06 19:49:21 2001 +0000
+++ b/lispref/text.texi	Thu Sep 06 19:50:20 2001 +0000
@@ -3513,10 +3513,10 @@
 @section Base 64 Encoding
 @cindex base 64 encoding
 
-  Base 64 code is used in email to encode a sequence of 8-bit bytes as a
-longer sequence of @sc{ascii} graphic characters.  It is defined in RFC
-2045.  This section describes the functions for converting to and from
-this code.
+  Base 64 code is used in email to encode a sequence of 8-bit bytes as
+a longer sequence of @sc{ascii} graphic characters.  It is defined in
+Internet RFC 2045.  This section describes the functions for
+converting to and from this code.
 
 @defun base64-encode-region beg end &optional no-line-break
 @tindex base64-encode-region