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diff --git a/doc/manual.rst b/doc/manual.rst index 0656dfa76..6dfff55a6 100644 --- a/doc/manual.rst +++ b/doc/manual.rst @@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ Stropping --------- `Stropping <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stropping_(syntax)>`_ -allows the same letter sequence to be used both as a keyword and as an identifier, -this simplifies parsing and FFI with languages where that identifier is not a reserved keyword. +allows the same letter sequence to be used both as a keyword and as an identifier, this simplifies parsing and +`FFI <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_function_interface>`_ +with languages where that identifier is not a reserved keyword. For example, allowing a variable named `if` without clashing with the keyword `if`. In Nim, this is achieved via backticks, allowing any reserved word to be used as an identifier. |