# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1121513831 0
# Node ID c1cb0b064667cc4af9dbeee6e494d7d1acf51da6
# Parent  badd66c815b31b1942b44ceab49b7a6194792b1f
(Type Predicates): Document `atom' type.

diff -r badd66c815b3 -r c1cb0b064667 man/cl.texi
--- a/man/cl.texi	Sat Jul 16 11:35:33 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/cl.texi	Sat Jul 16 11:37:11 2005 +0000
@@ -736,6 +736,11 @@
 @code{(null @var{object})}.
 
 @item
+The type symbol @code{atom} represents all objects that are not cons
+cells. Thus @code{(typep @var{object} 'atom)} is equivalent to
+@code{(atom @var{object})}.
+
+@item
 The type symbol @code{real} is a synonym for @code{number}, and
 @code{fixnum} is a synonym for @code{integer}.