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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref/lists.texi')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/lists.texi b/doc/lispref/lists.texi index ed18c038e85..cde7d9ce44c 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/lists.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/lists.texi @@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ If @var{separation} is 0 and @var{to} is neither @code{nil} nor numerically equal to @var{from}, @code{number-sequence} signals an error, since those arguments specify an infinite sequence. -All arguments can be integers or floating point numbers. However, -floating point arguments can be tricky, because floating point +All arguments are numbers. +Floating-point arguments can be tricky, because floating-point arithmetic is inexact. For instance, depending on the machine, it may quite well happen that @code{(number-sequence 0.4 0.6 0.2)} returns the one element list @code{(0.4)}, whereas @@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ sample-list @defun memql object list The function @code{memql} tests to see whether @var{object} is a member of @var{list}, comparing members with @var{object} using @code{eql}, -so floating point elements are compared by value. +so floating-point elements are compared by value. If @var{object} is a member, @code{memql} returns a list starting with its first occurrence in @var{list}. Otherwise, it returns @code{nil}. |