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authorRobert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>2001-12-17 19:03:15 +0000
committerRobert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>2001-12-17 19:03:15 +0000
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Define `empty string' a second time, in a slightly more visible location.
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diff --git a/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
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@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
@comment %**end of header
-@set edition-number 2.03
-@set update-date 2001 Dec 7
+@set edition-number 2.04
+@set update-date 2001 Dec 17
@ignore
## Summary of shell commands to create various output formats:
@@ -4517,6 +4517,9 @@ The arguments to @code{string-lessp} must be strings or symbols; the
ordering is lexicographic, so case is significant. The print names of
symbols are used instead of the symbols themselves.
+An empty string, @samp{""}, a string with no characters in it, is
+smaller than any string of characters.
+
@code{string-equal} provides the corresponding test for equality. Its
shorter, alternative name is @code{string=}. There are no string test
functions that correspond to @var{>}, @code{>=}, or @code{<=}.