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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2013-02-03 11:40:00 -0800
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2013-02-03 11:40:00 -0800
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* doc/misc/cl.texi (Equality Predicates): Fix eq/eql pedantry.
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/ChangeLog4
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2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-02-03 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * cl.texi (Equality Predicates): Fix eq/eql pedantry.
+
2013-01-13 Bastien Guerry <bzg@gnu.org>
* org.texi (Installation): Simplify.
diff --git a/doc/misc/cl.texi b/doc/misc/cl.texi
index ae96f2c5cb8..eb37829e9fa 100644
--- a/doc/misc/cl.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/cl.texi
@@ -817,8 +817,10 @@ not compare strings against vectors of integers.
Also note that the Common Lisp functions @code{member} and @code{assoc}
use @code{eql} to compare elements, whereas Emacs Lisp follows the
MacLisp tradition and uses @code{equal} for these two functions.
-In Emacs, use @code{memq} (or @code{cl-member}) and @code{assq} (or
-@code{cl-assoc}) to get functions which use @code{eql} for comparisons.
+The functions @code{cl-member} and @code{cl-assoc} use @code{eql},
+as in Common Lisp. The standard Emacs Lisp functions @code{memq} and
+@code{assq} use @code{eq}, so you can use these if you do not care
+about the difference between @code{eq} and @code{eql}.
@node Control Structure
@chapter Control Structure