[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/sequences.texi

[Richard M. Stallman]

Index: emacs/lispref/sequences.texi
diff -c emacs/lispref/sequences.texi:1.18 emacs/lispref/sequences.texi:1.19
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  arguments.  This is a special feature to make it easy to access the entire
  contents of a byte-code function object.  @xref{Byte-Code Objects}.
  
! The @code{vconcat} function also allows integers as arguments.  It
! converts them to strings of digits, making up the decimal print
! representation of the integer, and then uses the strings instead of the
! original integers.  @strong{Don't use this feature; we plan to eliminate
! it.  If you already use this feature, change your programs now!}  The
! proper way to convert an integer to a decimal number in this way is with
! @code{format} (@pxref{Formatting Strings}) or @code{number-to-string}
! (@pxref{String Conversion}).
  
  For other concatenation functions, see @code{mapconcat} in @ref{Mapping
  Functions}, @code{concat} in @ref{Creating Strings}, and @code{append}
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  arguments.  This is a special feature to make it easy to access the entire
  contents of a byte-code function object.  @xref{Byte-Code Objects}.
  
! In Emacs versions before 21, the @code{vconcat} function allowed
! integers as arguments, converting them to strings of digits, but that
! feature has been eliminated.  The proper way to convert an integer to
! a decimal number in this way is with @code{format} (@pxref{Formatting
! Strings}) or @code{number-to-string} (@pxref{String Conversion}).
  
  For other concatenation functions, see @code{mapconcat} in @ref{Mapping
  Functions}, @code{concat} in @ref{Creating Strings}, and @code{append}