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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/simple.el | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index 24d2d7fbc0f..97b40bd214e 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -1418,10 +1418,11 @@ If nil, don't change the value of `debug-on-error'." :version "21.1") (defun eval-expression-print-format (value) - "Format VALUE as a result of evaluated expression. -Return a formatted string which is displayed in the echo area -in addition to the value printed by prin1 in functions which -display the result of expression evaluation." + "If VALUE in an integer, return a specially formatted string. +This string will typically look like \" (#o1, #x1, ?\\C-a)\". +If VALUE is not an integer, nil is returned. +This function is used by functions like `prin1' that display the +result of expression evaluation." (if (and (integerp value) (or (eq standard-output t) (zerop (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg)))) |