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diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi index 4b9fdf24206..4002b36ce50 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi @@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ memory, by machine characteristics such as the size of the word used to represent a bignum's exponent, and by the @code{integer-width} variable. These limits are typically much more generous than the limits for fixnums. A bignum is never numerically equal to a fixnum; -if Emacs computes an integer in fixnum range, it represents the -integer as a fixnum, not a bignum. +Emacs always represents an integer in fixnum range as a fixnum, not a +bignum. The range of values for a fixnum depends on the machine. The minimum range is @minus{}536,870,912 to 536,870,911 (30 bits; i.e., |