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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref/hash.texi')
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/hash.texi b/doc/lispref/hash.texi index 0c82bb59784..536777add72 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/hash.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/hash.texi @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ alternatives: @item eql Keys which are numbers are ``the same'' if they are @code{equal}, that is, if they are equal in value and either both are integers or both -are floating point numbers; otherwise, two distinct objects are never +are floating point; otherwise, two distinct objects are never ``the same''. @item eq @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ larger, at that time. If @var{rehash-size} is an integer, it should be positive, and the hash table grows by adding that much to the nominal size. If -@var{rehash-size} is a floating point number, it had better be greater +@var{rehash-size} is floating point, it had better be greater than 1, and the hash table grows by multiplying the old size by that number. @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ The default value is 1.5. @item :rehash-threshold @var{threshold} This specifies the criterion for when the hash table is ``full'' (so it should be made larger). The value, @var{threshold}, should be a -positive floating point number, no greater than 1. The hash table is +positive floating-point number, no greater than 1. The hash table is ``full'' whenever the actual number of entries exceeds this fraction of the nominal size. The default for @var{threshold} is 0.8. @end table @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ return non-@code{nil} if they are considered ``the same''. The function @var{hash-fn} should accept one argument, a key, and return an integer that is the ``hash code'' of that key. For good results, the -function should use the whole range of integer values for hash codes, +function should use the whole range of integers for hash codes, including negative integers. The specified functions are stored in the property list of @var{name} |