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Change index of ";" to better reflect it's usage (Bug#31623)

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* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Comments): "; for commenting" fits better
with the following text about how a semicolon begins a comment.  Also
mention that only unescaped semicolons start a comment.
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@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ not be evaluated later. @xref{Input Functions}, for a description of
@node Comments
@section Comments
@cindex comments
@cindex @samp{;} in comment
@cindex @samp{;} for commenting
A @dfn{comment} is text that is written in a program only for the sake
of humans that read the program, and that has no effect on the meaning
of the program. In Lisp, a semicolon (@samp{;}) starts a comment if it
is not within a string or character constant. The comment continues to
the end of line. The Lisp reader discards comments; they do not become
part of the Lisp objects which represent the program within the Lisp
system.
A @dfn{comment} is text that is written in a program only for the
sake of humans that read the program, and that has no effect on the
meaning of the program. In Lisp, an unescaped semicolon (@samp{;})
starts a comment if it is not within a string or character constant.
The comment continues to the end of line. The Lisp reader discards
comments; they do not become part of the Lisp objects which represent
the program within the Lisp system.
The @samp{#@@@var{count}} construct, which skips the next @var{count}
characters, is useful for program-generated comments containing binary