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diff --git a/txr.1 b/txr.1
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@@ -15956,22 +15956,25 @@ is visible.
.syne
.desc
These operators establish a loop for iterating over the elements of one or more
-lists. Each
+sequences. Each
.meta init-form
-must evaluate to a list. The lists are then iterated in
+must evaluate to an iterable object that is suitable as an argument for the
+.code iter-begin
+function.
+The sequences are then iterated in
parallel over repeated evaluations of the
.metn body-form -s,
with each
.meta sym
-variable being assigned to successive elements of its list. The shortest list
-determines the number of iterations, so if any of the
+variable being assigned to successive elements of its sequence. The shortest
+list determines the number of iterations, so if any of the
.metn init-form -s
evaluate to
-an empty list, the body is not executed.
+an empty sequence, the body is not executed.
If the list of
.mono
-.meti >> ( syn << init-form )
+.meti >> ( sym << init-form )
.onom
pairs itself is empty, then an infinite loop is specified.
@@ -16047,9 +16050,9 @@ of their lists.
.TP* Example:
.mono
;; print numbers from 1 to 10 and whether they are even or odd
- (each* ((n (range 1 10)) ;; n list a list here!
+ (each* ((n 1..11) ;; n is just a range object in this scope
(even (collect-each ((m n)) (evenp m))))
- ;; n is an item here!
+ ;; n is an integer in this scope
(format t "~s is ~s\en" n (if even "even" "odd")))
.onom
.TP* Output: