# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1060795542 0 # Node ID f18ef41c0b413e111c2a14be3da05a2ec3ff6871 # Parent 8cec82e55147af5ebd1e0050e5eb0bd3c0e26519 (Output Variables): Add eval-expression-print-length and eval-expression-print-level. diff -r 8cec82e55147 -r f18ef41c0b41 lispref/streams.texi --- a/lispref/streams.texi Wed Aug 13 17:25:05 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/streams.texi Wed Aug 13 17:25:42 2003 +0000 @@ -771,6 +771,14 @@ @code{nil} (which is the default) means no limit. @end defvar +@defopt eval-expression-print-length +@defoptx eval-expression-print-level +These are the values for @code{print-length} and @code{print-level} +used by @code{eval-expression}, and thus, indirectly, by many +interactive evaluation commands (@pxref{Lisp Eval,, Evaluating +Emacs-Lisp Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}). +@end defopt + These variables are used for detecting and reporting circular and shared structure---but they are only defined in Emacs 21.