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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index e3ee947fe24..1fc58f9fa4c 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2013-02-03 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + + * cl.texi (Equality Predicates): Fix eq/eql pedantry. + 2013-01-13 Bastien Guerry <bzg@gnu.org> * org.texi (Installation): Simplify. diff --git a/doc/misc/cl.texi b/doc/misc/cl.texi index ae96f2c5cb8..eb37829e9fa 100644 --- a/doc/misc/cl.texi +++ b/doc/misc/cl.texi @@ -817,8 +817,10 @@ not compare strings against vectors of integers. Also note that the Common Lisp functions @code{member} and @code{assoc} use @code{eql} to compare elements, whereas Emacs Lisp follows the MacLisp tradition and uses @code{equal} for these two functions. -In Emacs, use @code{memq} (or @code{cl-member}) and @code{assq} (or -@code{cl-assoc}) to get functions which use @code{eql} for comparisons. +The functions @code{cl-member} and @code{cl-assoc} use @code{eql}, +as in Common Lisp. The standard Emacs Lisp functions @code{memq} and +@code{assq} use @code{eq}, so you can use these if you do not care +about the difference between @code{eq} and @code{eql}. @node Control Structure @chapter Control Structure |