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> From: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>
> Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 16:28:35 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> [...] what is this "E8" notation?
> >
> > Appendix E, chapter 8.
> 
> This notation is better:
> 
>     (info "(elisp) Integer Basics")

It's a question of taste, and other people can legitimately have
different tastes.  For example, if someone prefers to read the manual
in PDF format, your notation is useless.