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Import from CVS: tag r20-3b18
author cvs
date Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:54:23 +0200
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813 The type symbol @code{real} is a synonym for @code{number}, and 813 The type symbol @code{real} is a synonym for @code{number}, and
814 @code{fixnum} is a synonym for @code{integer}. 814 @code{fixnum} is a synonym for @code{integer}.
815 815
816 @item 816 @item
817 The type symbols @code{character} and @code{string-char} match 817 The type symbols @code{character} and @code{string-char} match
818 integers in the range from 0 to 255. 818 characters. In Emacs-19 and XEmacs-19, characters are the same thing as
819 integers in the range 0-255. In XEmacs-20, where characters are a
820 first-class data type, this checks for actual characters, and
821 +@code{(typep 8bit-integer 'character)} will return @code{nil}.
819 822
820 @item 823 @item
821 The type symbol @code{float} uses the @code{floatp-safe} predicate 824 The type symbol @code{float} uses the @code{floatp-safe} predicate
822 defined by this package rather than @code{floatp}, so it will work 825 defined by this package rather than @code{floatp}, so it will work
823 correctly even in Emacs versions without floating-point support. 826 correctly even in Emacs versions without floating-point support.