From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 21:54:07 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Clarify when fixnums are used.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.0.90~40
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a2c4eeeecde93961e81ca6beeefa649955bda881;p=emacs.git

Clarify when fixnums are used.

* doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Integer Basics): Clarify.
Based on a suggestion by Noam Postavsky (Bug#39557#32).
---

diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
index 4b9fdf24206..4002b36ce50 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ memory, by machine characteristics such as the size of the word used
 to represent a bignum's exponent, and by the @code{integer-width}
 variable.  These limits are typically much more generous than the
 limits for fixnums.  A bignum is never numerically equal to a fixnum;
-if Emacs computes an integer in fixnum range, it represents the
-integer as a fixnum, not a bignum.
+Emacs always represents an integer in fixnum range as a fixnum, not a
+bignum.
 
   The range of values for a fixnum depends on the machine.  The
 minimum range is @minus{}536,870,912 to 536,870,911 (30 bits; i.e.,