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@@ -3921,13 +3921,13 @@ It can be used to create Lisp strings with arbitrary byte sequences +++ ** Shorthands for Lisp symbols. Shorthands are a general purpose namespacing system to make Emacs -Lisp's symbol-naming etiquette easier to use. Also known as a -"renamed symbol", a shorthand is any symbolic form found in Lisp -source that "abbreviates" a symbol's print name with. Usually, the -abbreviated name will be shorter, but that is not necessarily so; this -feature could also be used for providing namespace prefixes to -symbols, in order to avoid name clashes and namespace pollution. For -details, see the manual section "(elisp) Shorthands". +Lisp's symbol-naming etiquette easier to use. A shorthand is any +symbolic form found in Lisp source that "abbreviates" a symbol's print +name. Among other applications, this feature can be used to avoid +name clashes and namespace pollution by renaming an entire file's +worth of symbols with proper and longer prefixes, without actually +touching the Lisp source. For details, see the manual section +"(elisp) Shorthands". +++ ** New function 'string-search'. |