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diff --git a/lispref/streams.texi b/lispref/streams.texi index 6efa571ff9c..db7e9aa38ea 100644 --- a/lispref/streams.texi +++ b/lispref/streams.texi @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ text produces a list (but not the same list) with elements @code{a} and @code{b}. However, these two operations are not precisely inverses. There are -two kinds of exceptions: +three kinds of exceptions: @itemize @bullet @item @@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ One object can have multiple textual representations. For example, @samp{1} and @samp{01} represent the same integer, and @samp{(a b)} and @samp{(a .@: (b))} represent the same list. Reading will accept any of the alternatives, but printing must choose one of them. + +@item +Comments can appear at certain points in the middle of an object's +read sequence without affecting the result of reading it. @end itemize @node Input Streams @@ -160,8 +164,9 @@ whitespace preceding the significant text. In Emacs 18, reading a symbol discarded the delimiter terminating the symbol. Thus, point would end up at the beginning of @samp{contents} rather than after @samp{the}. The Emacs 19 behavior is superior because -it correctly handles input such as @samp{bar(foo)}, where the delimiter -that ends one object is needed as the beginning of another object. +it correctly handles input such as @samp{bar(foo)}, where the +open-parenthesis that ends one object is needed as the beginning of +another object. Here is an example of reading from a stream that is a marker, initially positioned at the beginning of the buffer shown. The value |