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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-08-16 16:21:38 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-08-16 16:21:38 +0000
commit1a886256c1ca8b3eb5a13b5fddbfc8e5153d8de4 (patch)
treea5992ce1182d647322549e2a21ef0e5afc7b8272 /src/fns.c
parentd834a323f56b7cb8324e8df5faae1291003fc950 (diff)
downloademacs-1a886256c1ca8b3eb5a13b5fddbfc8e5153d8de4.tar.gz
(Flength): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/src/fns.c b/src/fns.c
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@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ With argument t, set the random number seed from the current time and pid.")
DEFUN ("length", Flength, Slength, 1, 1, 0,
"Return the length of vector, list or string SEQUENCE.\n\
-A byte-code function object is also allowed.")
+A byte-code function object is also allowed.\n\
+If the string contains multibyte characters, this is not the necessarily\n\
+the number of characters in the string; it is the number of bytes.\n\
+To get the number of characters, use `chars-in-string'")
(sequence)
register Lisp_Object sequence;
{