bug#16246: Elisp manual: vconcat and the empty vector

bug#16246: Elisp manual: vconcat and the empty vector

[Barry OReilly]

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The vconcat documentation in the Elisp manual is incorrect given (eq
[] []) evals to t. Here's a patch:

diff --git a/doc/lispref/sequences.texi b/doc/lispref/sequences.texi
index 00384de..cb1068b 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/sequences.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/sequences.texi
@@ -471,11 +471,11 @@ each initialized to @var{object}.
 @cindex copying vectors
 This function returns a new vector containing all the elements of
 @var{sequences}.  The arguments @var{sequences} may be true lists,
-vectors, strings or bool-vectors.  If no @var{sequences} are given, an
-empty vector is returned.
+vectors, strings or bool-vectors.  If no @var{sequences} are given,
+the empty vector is returned.

-The value is a newly constructed vector that is not @code{eq} to any
-existing vector.
+If the value is not the empty vector, it is a newly constructed vector
+that is not @code{eq} to any existing vector.

 @example
 @group

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bug#16246: Elisp manual: vconcat and the empty vector

[Paul Eggert]

Thanks, I installed that patch, with slightly different wording.