From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 18:47:10 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Minor copyedits in "Symbols with Position"
X-Git-Tag: emacs-29.0.90~2849
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7922131bb20ebf5570cf9a7fd96c957677e2a6c2;p=emacs.git

Minor copyedits in "Symbols with Position"

* doc/lispref/symbols.texi (Symbols with Position): Fix wording
and improve indexing.
---

diff --git a/doc/lispref/symbols.texi b/doc/lispref/symbols.texi
index f3a9e586e36..9e44348b671 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/symbols.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/symbols.texi
@@ -754,8 +754,9 @@ Symbol forms whose names start with @samp{#_} are not transformed.
 
 @node Symbols with Position
 @section Symbols with Position
-@cindex symbols with position
+@cindex symbol with position
 
+@cindex bare symbol
 A @dfn{symbol with position} is a symbol, the @dfn{bare symbol},
 together with an unsigned integer called the @dfn{position}.  These
 objects are intended for use by the byte compiler, which records in
@@ -802,12 +803,12 @@ position, @code{nil} otherwise.
 @defun bare-symbol symbol
 This function returns the bare symbol contained in @var{symbol}, or
 @var{symbol} itself if it is already a bare symbol.  For any other
-type of object, it throws an error.
+type of object, it signals an error.
 @end defun
 
 @defun symbol-with-pos-pos symbol
 This function returns the position, a number, from a symbol with
-position.  For any other type of object, it throws an error.
+position.  For any other type of object, it signals an error.
 @end defun
 
 @defun position-symbol sym pos
@@ -815,5 +816,5 @@ Make a new symbol with position.  @var{sym} is either a bare symbol or
 a symbol with position, and supplies the symbol part of the new
 object.  @var{pos} is either an integer which becomes the number part
 of the new object, or a symbol with position whose position is used.
-Emacs throws an error if either argument is invalid.
+Emacs signals an error if either argument is invalid.
 @end defun