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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2020-01-24 16:57:31 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2020-01-24 16:58:41 -0800 |
| commit | 7f5069850529f37e44939ce612e20d85be25af5c (patch) | |
| tree | cc085d23f0aa6d18ac2d20a66df990af642ac3b3 /doc/lispref/numbers.texi | |
| parent | e5327a569c4db8f53b1497057bbac58f77330389 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-7f5069850529f37e44939ce612e20d85be25af5c.tar.gz | |
Improve doc of eq on bignums etc.
* doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Integer Basics):
* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Integer Type, Equality Predicates):
Be clearer about eq vs eql vs = on bignums, floats, and strings.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref/numbers.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/numbers.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi index e952980f26f..c8941eab736 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ numbers have a fixed amount of precision. Under the hood, though, there are two kinds of integers: smaller ones, called @dfn{fixnums}, and larger ones, called @dfn{bignums}. Some functions in Emacs accept only fixnums. Also, while fixnums can -always be compared for numeric equality with @code{eq}, bignums -require more-heavyweight equality predicates like @code{eql}. +be compared for numeric equality with @code{eq}, bignums require +more-heavyweight equality predicates like @code{eql} and @code{=}. The range of values for bignums is limited by the amount of main memory, by machine characteristics such as the size of the word used |