Minor edits

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/docs/build/*
-/src/*
+/src/
 *.iml
-.idea/*
+/.idea/
+/docs/build/

docs/source/eli5-atoms.rst

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ atoms operations are cheap.
 
 BEAM loader routine reads atom values and looks them up in atom table. It
 replaces atom names with their integer values, tagged as Atom
-:ref:`immediate <def-immed>`. Henceforth the code manipulates immediate integer
+:ref:`immediate <def-immed>`. Henceforth the code internally manipulates integer
 values instead of names.
 
 These internal values cannot leave the node (over the network or on disk) as
 integers. This is because another node will have different numeric values
-for atoms. Thus when leaving the node atoms are always converted to strings.
+for same named atoms. Thus when leaving the node atoms are always converted to strings.
 This affects BEAM files, external pids, external ports, atoms in Mnesia/DETS
 and so on. This is the reason why sometimes developers prefer short atom names
 for database field names — they will appear as strings in database data.

docs/source/eli5-efficiency.rst

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Here are general rules regarding data copying and performance.
 Literals (Constants)
 --------------------
 
-All Erlang values in your module (literals) are saved in the module file and
-then loaded when your module loads.
+All Erlang values in your module which are larger than a single machine word are called literals.
+Literals are saved in the module file and then loaded when your module loads.
 These values are stored in special memory area called constant pool and later
 when you reload your code the garbage collector will move old constants to your
 process heap (see note below, this has changed in OTP 20.0).
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ store large binaries in code etc.
 
 .. note::
 
-    In Erlang versions prior to 20.0 a constant value will be copied when
+    In Erlang versions prior to 20.0 a constant value would be copied when
     crossing process boundary (explained above in "Data Copying"). This has changed
     in version 20.0
     (OTP-13529 in `Release Notes <http://erlang.org/download/otp_src_20.0.readme>`_ )

docs/source/index.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ knowledge such as VM internals, memory layout, opcodes etc.
 The project is work in progress, so come back soon!
 Github repository for pages https://github.com/kvakvs/beam-wisdoms
 
+Knowledge cutoff: OTP 20
+
 Latest
 ``````