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authorMiles Bader <miles@gnu.org>2005-02-13 07:19:08 +0000
committerMiles Bader <miles@gnu.org>2005-02-13 07:19:08 +0000
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Revision: miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--unicode--0--patch-13
Merge from emacs--cvs-trunk--0 Patches applied: * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-83 - miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-89 Update from CVS * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-90 Update from CVS: man/calc.texi: Add macro for LaTeX for info output. * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-91 - miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-94 Update from CVS
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diff --git a/lispref/strings.texi b/lispref/strings.texi
index a29e84f8edd..cca19ffbe92 100644
--- a/lispref/strings.texi
+++ b/lispref/strings.texi
@@ -383,8 +383,9 @@ character currently present at that point in @var{string}.
@code{clear-string}:
@defun clear-string string
-This clears the contents of @var{string} to zeros
-and may change its length.
+This clears the contents of @var{string} to zeros.
+It may also change @var{string}'s length and convert it to
+a unibyte string.
@end defun
@need 2000
@@ -714,8 +715,8 @@ format specifications correspond to successive values from
@var{objects}. Thus, the first format specification in @var{string}
uses the first such value, the second format specification uses the
second such value, and so on. Any extra format specifications (those
-for which there are no corresponding values) cause unpredictable
-behavior. Any extra values to be formatted are ignored.
+for which there are no corresponding values) cause an error. Any
+extra values to be formatted are ignored.
Certain format specifications require values of particular types. If
you supply a value that doesn't fit the requirements, an error is