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 (defun fish-class (species children)
   "
-  This contructor is mostly useful as a way of abstracting out the id
+  This constructor is useful for two reasons:
+) as a way of abstracting out the id generation from the
-  generation from the larger constructor. Nothing else uses fish-class/2
+       larger constructor, and
-  besides fish-class/1, so it's not strictly necessary.
+) spawning the "object loop" code (fish-class/3).
   When the id isn't known, generate one.
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   "
   This function is intended to be spawned as a separate process which is
-  used to track the state of a fish.
+  used to track the state of a fish. In particular, fish-class/2 spawns
+  this function (which acts as a loop, pattern matching for messages).
   "
   (let ((move-verb '"swam"))