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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el')
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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el index a74e30ad851..ef5d4a02c99 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ;;; Commentary: - ;;; This is a rudimentry backquote package written by D. King, + ;;; This is a rudimentary backquote package written by D. King, ;;; king@kestrel, on 8/31/85. (` x) is a macro ;;; that expands to a form that produces x. (` (a b ..)) is ;;; a macro that expands into a form that produces a list of what a b @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ a list-value atom" ;;; These two advertised variables control what characters are used to ;;; unquote things. I have included , and ,@ as the unquote and ;;; splice operators, respectively, to give users of MIT CADR machine - ;;; derivitive machines a warm, cosy feeling. + ;;; derivative machines a warm, cosy feeling. (defconst backquote-unquote '(,) "*A list of all objects that stimulate unquoting in `. Memq test.") @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ See backquote.el for details" ;;; Given a state/tailmaker pair that already knows how to make a ;;; partial tail of the desired form, this function knows how to add - ;;; yet another element to the burgening list. There are four cases; + ;;; yet another element to the burgeoning list. There are four cases; ;;; the next item is an atom (which will certainly be quoted); a ;;; (, xxx), which will be evaluated and put into the list at the top ;;; level; a (,@ xxx), which will be evaluated and spliced in, or |