# HG changeset patch
# User Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
# Date 1072323943 0
# Node ID 850a63ebfead42fb776edeb34d829d8ec2f586bf
# Parent  66f89280d7be7d342566a6333a0a81ae6e838e74
(Lisp Data Types): Mention that certain variables can only take on a
restricted set of values and add an xref to the new node "Variables
with Restricted Values".

diff -r 66f89280d7be -r 850a63ebfead lispref/objects.texi
--- a/lispref/objects.texi	Thu Dec 25 03:42:52 2003 +0000
+++ b/lispref/objects.texi	Thu Dec 25 03:45:43 2003 +0000
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
 variable, and the type is known by the compiler but not represented in
 the data.  Such type declarations do not exist in Emacs Lisp.  A Lisp
 variable can have any type of value, and it remembers whatever value
-you store in it, type and all.
+you store in it, type and all.  (Actually, a small number of Emacs
+Lisp variables can only take on values of a certain type.
+@xref{Variables with Restricted Values}.)
 
   This chapter describes the purpose, printed representation, and read
 syntax of each of the standard types in GNU Emacs Lisp.  Details on how