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Re: _brace_parameter: misleading help text for #



On Thu, Mar 31, 2022, at 8:16 AM, Leah Neukirchen wrote:
> Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> -Evaluate the resulting words as numeric expressions and output the
>> -characters corresponding to the resulting integer.  Note that this form is
>> -entirely distinct from use of the tt(#) without parentheses.
>> +Evaluate the resulting words as numeric expressions and interpret
>> +these as character codes.  Output the corresponding characters.  Note
>> +that this form is entirely distinct from use of the tt(#) without
>> +parentheses.
>
> This is way more clear indeed.

I concur, but I think the original message suggested clarifying the
completion blurb as well.

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