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Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I don't offhand see the concept mentioned in the documentation;
>> shouldn't it be?
> Indeed, `make-record`s doctring should probably say something about it.

I updated the `record' and `make-record' docstrings to mention type
descriptors.  I'm not sure if the entire description of type descriptors
should be copied there as well.  It could be a bit unwieldy.