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}: