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changeset 52147:b111b96616f0
(Vector Functions): vconcat no longer allows integer args.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 06 Aug 2003 01:41:53 +0000 |
| parents | c78c690c99e8 |
| children | fc414ab16868 |
| files | lispref/sequences.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- 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}