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diff --git a/cppawk-cons.1 b/cppawk-cons.1 index d554da7..fee6b80 100644 --- a/cppawk-cons.1 +++ b/cppawk-cons.1 @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ cons \- Lisp-like data representation and control flow macros .ft R .SH OVERVIEW - +.bk Due to the data structuring limitations of the Awk language, the .B cppawk representation of Lisp-like data structures is only a sham built @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ it features lists made of cons cells, terminated by a symbol. .SH BOXED VS. UNBOXED - +.bk The .B cons library flexibly handles two kinds of data: @@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ by trying to perform some list operation on it. It's up to the application to put a boxed value into a cons cell, if it expects to retrieve one. .SH TREATMENT OF BOOLEAN VALUES +.bk In Lisp, how Boolean truth works it that the .B nil object is false, and every other object is true. @@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ which is not false. Note that the boxed undefined value tests true, not false. .SH CONTROL FLOW PRIMITIVES - +.bk The control flow primitives are macros patterned after similar macros found in some Lisp dialects. @@ -452,7 +453,7 @@ reaches the last expression, then it yields that expression's value. .ft R .SH DATA REPRESENTATION LIBRARY - +.bk In the following descriptions, the notations .IB X " => " Y and @@ -1817,7 +1818,7 @@ function's notion of equality. .ft R .SH FUNCTION APPLICATION - +.bk .SS Functions \fImapcar\fP and \fImappend\fP .bk Syntax: @@ -1894,7 +1895,7 @@ on GNU Awk before version 5.2. .ft R .SH ARRAY/LIST CONVERSION - +.bk .SS Functions \fIvalues\fP and \fIkeys\fP .bk Syntax: |