From cd193a871f5a8e1c81ba86fc398ac382fa814383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:39:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the doc of eval-expression-print-format * lisp/simple.el (eval-expression-print-format): Doc clarification (bug#19114). --- lisp/simple.el | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index da6deea3e8..1247cb25da 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -1420,10 +1420,11 @@ If nil, don't change the value of `debug-on-error'." :version "21.1") (defun eval-expression-print-format (value) - "Format VALUE as a result of evaluated expression. -Return a formatted string which is displayed in the echo area -in addition to the value printed by prin1 in functions which -display the result of expression evaluation." + "If VALUE in an integer, return a specially formatted string. +This string will typically look like \" (#o1, #x1, ?\\C-a)\". +If VALUE is not an integer, nil is returned. +This function is used by functions like `prin1' that display the +result of expression evaluation." (if (and (integerp value) (or (eq standard-output t) (zerop (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg)))) -- 2.39.2