changeset 85663:6969c5ba7fd1

(Equality Predicates): Null strings are uniquified.

--- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi	Fri Oct 26 09:48:56 2007 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi	Fri Oct 26 09:49:45 2007 +0000
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@
 @cindex equality
 
   Here we describe two functions that test for equality between any two
-objects.  Other functions test equality between objects of specific
+objects.  Other functions test equality of contents between objects of specific
 types, e.g., strings.  For these predicates, see the appropriate chapter
 describing the data type.
 
@@ -1905,6 +1905,13 @@
 @end group
 
 @group
+(eq "" "")
+     @result{} t
+;; @r{This exception occurs because Emacs Lisp}
+;; @r{makes just one multibyte empty string, to save space.}
+@end group
+
+@group
 (eq '(1 (2 (3))) '(1 (2 (3))))
      @result{} nil
 @end group