[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/lispref lists.texi

[Chong Yidong]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Chong Yidong <cyd>      09/02/22 00:19:57

Modified files:
        doc/lispref    : lists.texi 

Log message:
        (Building Lists): Remove obsolete Emacs 20 usage of `append'.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/lispref/lists.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.4&r2=1.5

Patches:
Index: lists.texi
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/lispref/lists.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -b -r1.4 -r1.5
--- lists.texi  8 Jan 2009 05:28:59 -0000       1.4
+++ lists.texi  22 Feb 2009 00:19:57 -0000      1.5
@@ -489,14 +489,6 @@
 result list.  If the final element is not a list, the result is a
 dotted list since its final @sc{cdr} is not @code{nil} as required
 in a true list.
-
-In Emacs 20 and before, the @code{append} function also allowed
-integers as (non last) arguments.  It converted them to strings of
-digits, making up the decimal print representation of the integer, and
-then used the strings instead of the original integers.  This obsolete
-usage no longer works.  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}).
 @end defun
 
   Here is an example of using @code{append}: