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diff --git a/lispref/functions.texi b/lispref/functions.texi index 7068b385ecf..a4c0b4b8fe4 100644 --- a/lispref/functions.texi +++ b/lispref/functions.texi @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ more convenient than making the function definition point to itself practice). We often identify functions with the symbols used to name them. For -example, we often speak of ``the function @code{car}'', not +example, we often speak of ``the function @code{car},'' not distinguishing between the symbol @code{car} and the primitive subr-object that is its function definition. For most purposes, the distinction is not important. @@ -766,12 +766,10 @@ in turn, and returns a list of the results. The argument @var{sequence} can be any kind of sequence except a char-table; that is, a list, a vector, a bool-vector, or a string. The result is always a list. The length of the result is the same as the -length of @var{sequence}. +length of @var{sequence}. For example: @smallexample @group -@exdent @r{For example:} - (mapcar 'car '((a b) (c d) (e f))) @result{} (a c e) (mapcar '1+ [1 2 3]) @@ -846,7 +844,7 @@ bool-vector, or a string. In Lisp, a function is a list that starts with @code{lambda}, a byte-code function compiled from such a list, or alternatively a -primitive subr-object; names are ``extra''. Although usually functions +primitive subr-object; names are ``extra.'' Although usually functions are defined with @code{defun} and given names at the same time, it is occasionally more concise to use an explicit lambda expression---an anonymous function. Such a list is valid wherever a function name is. |