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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref6.tex b/Doc/ref/ref6.tex index 1748202..3a2e260 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref6.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref6.tex @@ -300,24 +300,24 @@ right type (but even this is determined by the sliced object). print_stmt: "print" [ expression ("," expression)* [","] ] \end{verbatim} -\keyword{print} evaluates each expression in turn and writes the resulting -object to standard output (see below). If an object is not a string, -it is first converted to a string using the rules for string +\keyword{print} evaluates each expression in turn and writes the +resulting object to standard output (see below). If an object is not +a string, it is first converted to a string using the rules for string conversions. The (resulting or original) string is then written. A -space is written before each object is (converted and) written, unless +space is written before each object is (converted and) written, unless the output system believes it is positioned at the beginning of a line. This is the case (1) when no characters have yet been written to standard output, (2) when the last character written to standard -output is \character{\\n}, or (3) when the last write operation on standard -output was not a \keyword{print} statement. (In some cases it may be -functional to write an empty string to standard output for this -reason.) +output is \character{\e n}, or (3) when the last write operation on +standard output was not a \keyword{print} statement. (In some cases +it may be functional to write an empty string to standard output for +this reason.) \index{output} \indexii{writing}{values} -A \character{\\n} character is written at the end, unless the \keyword{print} -statement ends with a comma. This is the only action if the statement -contains just the keyword \keyword{print}. +A \character{\e n} character is written at the end, unless the +\keyword{print} statement ends with a comma. This is the only action +if the statement contains just the keyword \keyword{print}. \indexii{trailing}{comma} \indexii{newline}{suppression} |