Guide corrections

collects/scribble/eval.rkt

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 (namespace-require '(for-syntax racket/base))
 
 (define (literal-string style s)
-  (let ([m (regexp-match #rx"^(.*)(  +)(.*)$" s)])
+  (let ([m (regexp-match #rx"^(.*)(  +|^ )(.*)$" s)])
     (if m
       (make-element #f (list (literal-string style (cadr m))
                              (hspace (string-length (caddr m)))

collects/scribblings/guide/binding.scrbl

@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@ y)]. The environment of @racket[(+ x y)] includes bindings for
 @racketmodname[racket].
 
 A module-level @racket[define] can bind only identifiers that are not
-already bound within the module. For example, @racket[(define cons 1)]
+already defined or @racket[require]s into the module. A local
-is a syntax error in a @racketmodname[racket] module, since @racket[cons]
+@racket[define] or other binding forms, however, can give a new local
-is provided by @racketmodname[racket]. A local @racket[define] or other
+binding for an identifier that already has a binding; such a binding
-binding forms, however, can give a new local binding for an identifier
+@deftech{shadows} the existing binding.
-that already has a binding; such a binding @defterm{shadows} the
-existing binding.
 
 @defexamples[
 (define f
@@ -63,6 +61,14 @@ existing binding.
 (f list)
 ]
 
+Similarly, a module-level @racket[define] can @tech{shadow} a binding
+from the module's language. For example, @racket[(define cons 1)] in a
+@racketmodname[racket] module shadows the @racket[cons] that is
+provided by @racketmodname[racket]. Intentionally shadowing a language
+binding is rarely a good idea---especially for widely used bindings
+like @racket[cons]---but shadowing relieves a programmer from having
+to avoid every obscure binding that is provided by a language.
+
 Even identifiers like @racket[define] and @racket[lambda] get their
 meanings from bindings, though they have @defterm{transformer}
 bindings (which means that they indicate syntactic forms) instead of
@@ -76,5 +82,5 @@ define
 (eval:alts (let ([@#,racketidfont{define} 5]) @#,racketidfont{define}) (let ([define 5]) define))
 ]
 
-Shadowing standard bindings in this way is rarely a good idea, but the
+Again, shadowing standard bindings in this way is rarely a good idea, but the
 possibility is an inherent part of Racket's flexibility.

collects/scribblings/guide/module-syntax.scrbl

@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ For example, the @filepath{cake.rkt} example of the
   (provide print-cake)
 
   (define (print-cake n)
-    (printf "   ~a  \n" (make-string n #\.))
+    (show "   ~a   " n #\.)
-    (printf " .-~a-.\n" (make-string n #\|))
+    (show " .-~a-. " n #\|)
-    (printf " | ~a |\n" (make-string n #\space))
+    (show " | ~a | " n #\space)
-    (printf "---~a---\n" (make-string n #\-))))
+    (show "---~a---" n #\-))
+
+  (define (show fmt n ch)
+    (printf fmt (make-string n ch))
+    (newline)))
 ]
 
 Furthermore, this @racket[module] form can be evaluated in a