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diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi index 1c4e7e4d4e3..855dff2130a 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi @@ -2338,8 +2338,12 @@ same sequence of character codes and all these codes are in the range @end group @end example -However, two distinct buffers are never considered @code{equal}, even if -their textual contents are the same. +The @code{equal} function recursively compares the contents of objects +if they are integers, strings, markers, vectors, bool-vectors, +byte-code function objects, char-tables, records, or font objects. +Other objects are considered @code{equal} only if they are @code{eq}. +For example, two distinct buffers are never considered @code{equal}, +even if their textual contents are the same. @end defun For @code{equal}, equality is defined recursively; for example, given |