# HG changeset patch
# User Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
# Date 1034615629 0
# Node ID 61d0db65f8e4b3c09c895b5200c95039aa69e067
# Parent  00c46838d0ce11415a4d7241b49693760bd78473
(Fstring_as_multibyte, Fstring_to_multibyte): Doc fix.

diff -r 00c46838d0ce -r 61d0db65f8e4 src/fns.c
--- a/src/fns.c	Fri Oct 11 20:57:12 2002 +0000
+++ b/src/fns.c	Mon Oct 14 17:13:49 2002 +0000
@@ -1026,9 +1026,11 @@
        doc: /* Return a multibyte string with the same individual bytes as STRING.
 If STRING is multibyte, the result is STRING itself.
 Otherwise it is a newly created string, with no text properties.
+
 If STRING is unibyte and contains an individual 8-bit byte (i.e. not
-part of a multibyte form), it is converted to the corresponding
-multibyte character of charset `eight-bit-control' or `eight-bit-graphic'.  */)
+part of a correct utf-8 sequence), it is converted to the corresponding
+multibyte character of charset `eight-bit'.
+See also `string-to-multibyte'.  */)
      (string)
      Lisp_Object string;
 {
@@ -1062,7 +1064,11 @@
 Otherwise it is a newly created string, with no text properties.
 
 If STRING is unibyte and contains an 8-bit byte, it is converted to
-the corresponding multibyte character of charset `eight-bit'.  */)
+the corresponding multibyte character of charset `eight-bit'.
+
+This differs from `string-as-multibyte' by converting each byte of a correct
+utf-8 sequence to an eight-bit character, not just bytes that don't form a
+correct sequence.  */)
      (string)
      Lisp_Object string;
 {