From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 17:59:53 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Fix (length CIRCULAR) documentation
X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.1.90~293
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=10af989;p=emacs.git

Fix (length CIRCULAR) documentation

* doc/lispref/sequences.texi (Sequence Functions):
Correct documentation of what (length X) does when
X is a circular list.
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/sequences.texi b/doc/lispref/sequences.texi
index 76a4a468880..59faf2b4f1e 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/sequences.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/sequences.texi
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ string, bool-vector, or char-table, @code{nil} otherwise.
 @anchor{Definition of length}
 This function returns the number of elements in @var{sequence}.  If
 @var{sequence} is a dotted list, a @code{wrong-type-argument} error is
-signaled.  Circular lists may cause an infinite loop.  For a
-char-table, the value returned is always one more than the maximum
-Emacs character code.
+signaled; if it is a circular list, a @code{circular-list} error is
+signaled.  For a char-table, the value returned is always one more
+than the maximum Emacs character code.
 
 @xref{Definition of safe-length}, for the related function @code{safe-length}.