# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1113752992 0
# Node ID 60e0429c79b1ef7d6a374c5be9074f704f43b240
# Parent  7a990909b5f91f32ff464e92dcc1ea87a81903bf
(Positions): Clarify further.

diff -r 7a990909b5f9 -r 60e0429c79b1 lispref/positions.texi
--- a/lispref/positions.texi	Sun Apr 17 15:46:33 2005 +0000
+++ b/lispref/positions.texi	Sun Apr 17 15:49:52 2005 +0000
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 be a position (an integer), but accept a marker as a substitute,
 normally ignore which buffer the marker points into; they convert the
 marker to an integer, and use that integer, exactly as if you had
-passed the integer as the argument.  Markers used this way usually
-point to a position in the buffer that the function will operate on,
-but if not, they are converted to integers anyway.  @xref{Markers}.
+passed the integer as the argument, even if the marker points to the
+``wrong'' buffer.  A marker that points nowhere cannot convert to an
+integer; using it instead of an integer causes an error.
+@xref{Markers}.
 
   See also the ``field'' feature (@pxref{Fields}), which provides
 functions that are used by many cursor-motion commands.