Fix 960--966.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/sec/compiler.ltx b/sec/compiler.ltx
index 8f18adc..27705b6 100644
--- a/sec/compiler.ltx
+++ b/sec/compiler.ltx
@@ -67,12 +67,13 @@ as an identifier, the parser can look up the name in the environment
 and convert it into a deBruijn index.
 
 The state is not stored globally, but is local to the current parser
-combinator. We can imagine this as a stack of states. Before parsing
-the first item in a sequence, we push a copy of the current state on
-top of the stack. After parsing that item, we pop the local state off
-the stack. We can then modify the original state using the first
-item's value. We then copy this modified state onto the stack before
-parsing the second item, and so on.
+combinator. Imagine this as a stack of states. Before parsing the
+first combinator in a sequence, we push a copy of the current state on
+top of the stack. After parsing that combinator, we pop the local
+state off the stack. We then update the original state using the first
+combinator's result and copy this modified state onto the stack. We
+then parse the second combinator and pop, update and copy the state
+before the third combinator and so on.
 
 The parser returns an intrinsically well-scoped
 term~\cite{iwss}. Terms are a dependent data type with signature