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@@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ starting list count:
object, so when reading back the object, they will be the same object
instead of copies (@pxref{Circular Objects}).
-@item #@@N
-Skip the next @samp{N} characters (@pxref{Comments}).
-
@item #xN
@samp{N} represented as a hexadecimal number (@samp{#x2a}).
@@ -1004,6 +1001,13 @@ It looks like this:
@end example
@end ifnottex
+ As a somewhat peculiar side effect of @code{(a b . c)} and
+@code{(a . (b . c))} being equivalent, for consistency this means
+that if you replace @code{b} here with the empty sequence, then it
+follows that @code{(a . c)} and @code{(a . ( . c))} are equivalent,
+too. This also means that @code{( . c)} is equivalent to @code{c},
+but this is seldom used.
+
@node Association List Type
@subsubsection Association List Type
@@ -2414,7 +2418,7 @@ that is evaluated. For example:
@noindent
Although the list @code{(0.5)} was mutable when it was created, it should not
-have been changed via @code{setcar} because it given to @code{eval}. The
+have been changed via @code{setcar} because it was given to @code{eval}. The
reverse does not occur: an object that should not be changed never
becomes mutable afterwards.