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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/objects.texi | 18 |
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi index c7e751cbd8c..b8cae49027c 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi @@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ not be evaluated later. @xref{Input Functions}, for a description of @node Comments @section Comments @cindex comments -@cindex @samp{;} in comment - - A @dfn{comment} is text that is written in a program only for the sake -of humans that read the program, and that has no effect on the meaning -of the program. In Lisp, a semicolon (@samp{;}) starts a comment if it -is not within a string or character constant. The comment continues to -the end of line. The Lisp reader discards comments; they do not become -part of the Lisp objects which represent the program within the Lisp -system. +@cindex @samp{;} for commenting + + A @dfn{comment} is text that is written in a program only for the +sake of humans that read the program, and that has no effect on the +meaning of the program. In Lisp, an unescaped semicolon (@samp{;}) +starts a comment if it is not within a string or character constant. +The comment continues to the end of line. The Lisp reader discards +comments; they do not become part of the Lisp objects which represent +the program within the Lisp system. The @samp{#@@@var{count}} construct, which skips the next @var{count} characters, is useful for program-generated comments containing binary |