223/376: manual: add a note that lists are strict in length

[Ludovic Courtès]

civodul pushed a commit to tag 1.8
in repository guix.

commit c313d86bb89c856ada169e5eb4941061ad182c29
Author: Vladimír Čunát <address@hidden>
Date:   Fri Sep 19 15:18:29 2014 +0200

    manual: add a note that lists are strict in length
    
    Close #345.
---
 doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml 
b/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml
index 519657f..c3514e5 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ to be enclosed in parentheses.  If they had been omitted, 
e.g.,
 the result would be a list of five elements, the fourth one being a
 function and the fifth being a set.</para>
 
+<para>Note that lists are only lazy in values, and they are strict in length.
+</para>
+
 </simplesect>
 
 
@@ -265,4 +268,4 @@ evaluates to <literal>false</literal>.</para>
 </simplesect>
 
 
-</section>
\ No newline at end of file
+</section>