# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1060134113 0 # Node ID b111b96616f038423435403b145c4f6ac18ae5b5 # Parent c78c690c99e8799c92ef542e8b5d8a65672e654c (Vector Functions): vconcat no longer allows integer args. diff -r c78c690c99e8 -r b111b96616f0 lispref/sequences.texi --- a/lispref/sequences.texi Wed Aug 06 01:41:08 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/sequences.texi Wed Aug 06 01:41:53 2003 +0000 @@ -489,14 +489,11 @@ arguments. This is a special feature to make it easy to access the entire contents of a byte-code function object. @xref{Byte-Code Objects}. -The @code{vconcat} function also allows integers as arguments. It -converts them to strings of digits, making up the decimal print -representation of the integer, and then uses the strings instead of the -original integers. @strong{Don't use this feature; we plan to eliminate -it. If you already use this feature, change your programs now!} The -proper way to convert an integer to a decimal number in this way is with -@code{format} (@pxref{Formatting Strings}) or @code{number-to-string} -(@pxref{String Conversion}). +In Emacs versions before 21, the @code{vconcat} function allowed +integers as arguments, converting them to strings of digits, but that +feature has been eliminated. The proper way to convert an integer to +a decimal number in this way is with @code{format} (@pxref{Formatting +Strings}) or @code{number-to-string} (@pxref{String Conversion}). For other concatenation functions, see @code{mapconcat} in @ref{Mapping Functions}, @code{concat} in @ref{Creating Strings}, and @code{append}