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* [PATCH] doc: local definitions always take precedence over use-modules
@ 2021-12-13 14:34 François J
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From: François J @ 2021-12-13 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
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* doc/ref/api-modules.texi (Using Guile Modules): improve wording on
  example about conflict between local definitions and imported ones
---
 doc/ref/api-modules.texi | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/ref/api-modules.texi b/doc/ref/api-modules.texi
index 05a19cc16..8e0f41c25 100644
--- a/doc/ref/api-modules.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-modules.texi
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ Here, the interface specification is @code{(ice-9 popen)}, and the
 result is that the current module now has access to @code{open-pipe},
 @code{close-pipe}, @code{open-input-pipe}, and so on (@pxref{Pipes}).
 
-Note in the previous example that if the current module had already
-defined @code{open-pipe}, that definition would be overwritten by the
-definition in @code{(ice-9 popen)}.  For this reason (and others), there
-is a second variation of interface specification that not only names a
-module to be accessed, but also selects bindings from it and renames
-them to suit the current module's needs.  For example:
+Note in the previous example that if the current module already defines
+@code{open-pipe}, that definition has precedence over the definition in
+@code{(ice-9 popen)} we try to import.  For this reason (and others),
+there is a second variation of interface specification that not only
+names a module to be accessed, but also selects bindings from it and
+renames them to suit the current module's needs.  For example:
 
 @cindex binding renamer
 @lisp
-- 
2.32.0



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