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(Lisp Data Types): Mention that certain variables can only take on a
restricted set of values and add an xref to the new node "Variables
with Restricted Values".
| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> |
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| date | Thu, 25 Dec 2003 03:45:43 +0000 |
| parents | 80af4875c661 |
| children | 96796d3ede2e |
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--- a/lispref/objects.texi Thu Dec 25 03:42:52 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/objects.texi Thu Dec 25 03:45:43 2003 +0000 @@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ variable, and the type is known by the compiler but not represented in the data. Such type declarations do not exist in Emacs Lisp. A Lisp variable can have any type of value, and it remembers whatever value -you store in it, type and all. +you store in it, type and all. (Actually, a small number of Emacs +Lisp variables can only take on values of a certain type. +@xref{Variables with Restricted Values}.) This chapter describes the purpose, printed representation, and read syntax of each of the standard types in GNU Emacs Lisp. Details on how