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Diffstat (limited to 'src/lread.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/lread.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c index d16df32ca3e..ccccd79cd7c 100644 --- a/src/lread.c +++ b/src/lread.c @@ -3486,7 +3486,9 @@ get_lazy_string (Lisp_Object val) unibyte string. If it is actually a doc string, caller must make it multibyte. */ - /* Position is negative for user variables. */ + /* We used to emit negative positions for 'user variables' (whose doc + strings started with an asterisk); take the absolute value for + compatibility. */ EMACS_INT pos = eabs (XFIXNUM (XCDR (val))); struct saved_string *ss = &saved_strings[0]; struct saved_string *ssend = ss + ARRAYELTS (saved_strings); |