bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

[Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss@outlook.com>]

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In the section 2.1 "Printed Representation and Read Syntax" (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Printed-Representation.html), word "hash notation" is used to refer to the symbol "#".
But it may well confuse non-native English speakers, because the "hash" is also associated with "hash function".

A better name for "#" is "number sign".

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From d576b9ee6c824cf55b478c06a1f2644d8220d4be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shynur <one.last.kiss@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 03:32:00 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] better word for hash notation''

---
 doc/lispref/objects.texi | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
index 99a3c07397..39be94b4a8 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ syntax.  @xref{Read and Print}.
   In most cases, an object's printed representation is also a read
 syntax for the object.  However, some types have no read syntax, since
 it does not make sense to enter objects of these types as constants in
-a Lisp program.  These objects are printed in @dfn{hash notation},
-which consists of the characters @samp{#<}, a descriptive string
-(typically the type name followed by the name of the object), and a
-closing @samp{>}.  For example:
+a Lisp program.  These objects are printed in @dfn{hash notation}
+(also known as ``number sign''), which consists of the characters
+@samp{#<}, a descriptive string (typically the type name followed by
+the name of the object), and a closing @samp{>}.  For example:
 
 @example
 (current-buffer)
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