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@@ -13022,6 +13022,8 @@ current record. @xref{Changing Fields}.
An array whose indices are the names of all the user-defined
or extension functions in the program.
@strong{NOTE}: The array values cannot currently be used.
+Also, you may not use the @code{delete} statement with the
+@code{FUNCTAB} array.
@cindex @code{NR} variable
@item NR
@@ -13196,10 +13198,12 @@ print foo # prints 4
@noindent
The @code{isarray()} function (@pxref{Type Functions}) may be used to test
if an element in @code{SYMTAB} is an array.
+Also, you may not use the @code{delete} statement with the
+@code{SYMTAB} array.
@quotation NOTE
-In order to avoid severe time-travel paradoxes (as well as to avoid
-difficult implementation issues), neither @code{FUNCTAB} nor @code{SYMTAB}
+In order to avoid severe time-travel paradoxes@footnote{Not to mention difficult
+implementation issues.}, neither @code{FUNCTAB} nor @code{SYMTAB}
are available as elements within the @code{SYMTAB} array.
@end quotation
@end table