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| -rw-r--r-- | src/fns.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/fns.c b/src/fns.c index 8a76dcd1cff..11c552a5f77 100644 --- a/src/fns.c +++ b/src/fns.c @@ -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; { |