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Mistake in GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, Section 5.3

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eric Wayman <ericwayman <at> fastmail.fm>
Subject: bug#24316: closed (Re: bug#24316: Mistake in GNU Emacs Lisp
 Reference Manual, Section 5.3)
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 22:21:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#24316: Mistake in GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, Section 5.3

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 24316 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: Eric Wayman <ericwayman <at> fastmail.fm>
Cc: 24316-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24316: Mistake in GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, Section 5.3
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:20:21 -0400

On 8/26/2016 5:05 PM, Eric Wayman wrote:
> Dear Ken,
>
> I misunderstood; excuse me for taking your time!

No problem.  I'm closing the bug.

Ken

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From: Eric Wayman <ericwayman <at> fastmail.fm>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Mistake in GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, Section 5.3
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:53:34 -0400

With respect to

 -- Function: safe-length list

the text says

    "If LIST is not ‘nil’ or a cons cell, ‘safe-length’ returns 0."

But running

    (safe-length nil)

gives 0.

Best regards,
Eric Alan Wayman

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