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diff --git a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi index d7d25dc36af..6dc23637a79 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi @@ -280,11 +280,12 @@ to the codepoints @code{#x3FFF80} through @code{#x3FFFFF}, inclusive @defun string-to-unibyte string This function returns a unibyte string containing the same sequence of -characters as @var{string}. It signals an error if @var{string} -contains a non-@acronym{ASCII} character. If @var{string} is a -unibyte string, it is returned unchanged. Use this function for -@var{string} arguments that contain only @acronym{ASCII} and eight-bit -characters. +characters as @var{string}. If @var{string} is a unibyte string, it +is returned unchanged. Otherwise, @acronym{ASCII} characters and +characters in the @code{eight-bit} charset are converted to their +corresponding byte values. Use this function for @var{string} +arguments that contain only @acronym{ASCII} and eight-bit characters; +the function signals an error if any other characters are encountered. @end defun @defun byte-to-string byte |