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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2020-02-17 13:54:07 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2020-02-17 13:54:36 -0800 |
| commit | a2c4eeeecde93961e81ca6beeefa649955bda881 (patch) | |
| tree | f9fd78eabd6b2367c29288a9572b225444a5560c /doc/lispref/numbers.texi | |
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Clarify when fixnums are used.
* doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Integer Basics): Clarify.
Based on a suggestion by Noam Postavsky (Bug#39557#32).
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi index 4b9fdf24206..4002b36ce50 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi @@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ memory, by machine characteristics such as the size of the word used to represent a bignum's exponent, and by the @code{integer-width} variable. These limits are typically much more generous than the limits for fixnums. A bignum is never numerically equal to a fixnum; -if Emacs computes an integer in fixnum range, it represents the -integer as a fixnum, not a bignum. +Emacs always represents an integer in fixnum range as a fixnum, not a +bignum. The range of values for a fixnum depends on the machine. The minimum range is @minus{}536,870,912 to 536,870,911 (30 bits; i.e., |