From 2d365993f18598a29e1327937a5408669c18dc0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:04:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document wide integers better. * files.texi (File Attributes): ino_t values no longer map to anything larger than a single cons. --- doc/lispref/ChangeLog | 2 ++ doc/lispref/files.texi | 10 +++------- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 16d175c338b..a22b86cf36b 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Document wide integers better. * files.texi (File Attributes): Document ino_t values better. + ino_t values no longer map to anything larger than a single cons. + * numbers.texi (Integer Basics, Integer Basics, Arithmetic Operations): (Bitwise Operations): * objects.texi (Integer Type): Integers are typically 62 bits now. diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi index ed282349573..51c27ecc42f 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/files.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi @@ -1237,13 +1237,9 @@ deleted and recreated; @code{nil} otherwise. @item The file's inode number. If possible, this is an integer. If the inode number @math{N} is too large to be represented as an integer in -Emacs Lisp, but @math{N / 2^16} is representable, then the value has -the form @code{(@var{high} . @var{low})}, where @var{high} holds the -high bits (i.e., excluding the low-order bits) and @var{low} the low -16 bits. If the inode number is even larger, the value is of the form -@code{(@var{high} @var{middle} . @var{low})}, where @code{high} holds -the high bits, @var{middle} the next 24 bits, and @var{low} the low -16 bits. +Emacs Lisp, then the value has the form @code{(@var{high} +. @var{low})}, where @var{high} holds the high bits (i.e., all but the +low 16 bits) and @var{low} the low 16 bits. @item The filesystem number of the device that the file is on. Depending on -- 2.39.5