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authorRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>1998-05-26 18:56:56 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>1998-05-26 18:56:56 +0000
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@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ compiled specially (@pxref{Array Functions}):
@end example
@item
-If calling a small function accounts for a substantial part of your
+If calling a small function accounts for a substantial part of your
program's running time, make the function inline. This eliminates
the function call overhead. Since making a function inline reduces
the flexibility of changing the program, don't do it unless it gives
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ that looks good.
@item
For consistency, phrase the verb in the first sentence of a
-documentation string as an infinitive with ``to'' omitted. For
+function's documentation string as an infinitive with ``to'' omitted. For
instance, use ``Return the cons of A and B.'' in preference to ``Returns
the cons of A and B@.'' Usually it looks good to do likewise for the
rest of the first paragraph. Subsequent paragraphs usually look better
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ t and nil without single-quotes. (In this manual, we use a different
convention, with single-quotes for all symbols.)
@end ifinfo
-Help mode automatically creates hyperlinks when documentation strings
-use symbol names inside single quotes, when the symbol has either a
+Help mode automatically creates a hyperlink when a documentation string
+uses a symbol name inside single quotes, if the symbol has either a
function or a variable definition. You do not need to do anything
special to make use of this feature. However, when a symbol has both a
function definition and a variable definition, and you want to refer to