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Re: infloop in skeleton-insert


From: Miles Bader
Subject: Re: infloop in skeleton-insert
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:30:51 +0900

Nick Roberts <address@hidden> writes:
> It might still be logically true but generally it's best to say exactly what
> things are i.e "is a non-negative integer.", if this change is made.  If it's
> not made then maybe the manual should be changed to be more precise:
>
> A "character" in Emacs Lisp is just an integer.

I think it would be more clear to say something like:

   A "character" in emacs is represented by a normal integer.

Because emacs does have the concept of characters, separate from
integers, it's just that they share a concrete representation in lisp.

-Miles

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