Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 9dd95bf: * lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el (pcase--u1): Fix bignums

[Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>]

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On 10/26/18 11:23 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I think we should say here that the semantics is that of `equal` and not
> that of `eq` (or `=` or whatever else).

How about the attached doc patch?


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diff --git a/doc/lispref/control.texi b/doc/lispref/control.texi
index 0f7502f1c2..620a079d01 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/control.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/control.texi
@@ -511,12 +511,13 @@ pcase Macro
 This is known as @dfn{don't care} or @dfn{wildcard}.
 
 @item '@var{val}
-Matches if @var{expval} is @code{equal} to @var{val}.
+Matches if @var{expval} equals @var{val}.
+The comparison is done as if by @code{equal}.
 
 @item @var{keyword}
 @itemx @var{integer}
 @itemx @var{string}
-Matches if @var{expval} is @code{equal} to the literal object.
+Matches if @var{expval} equals the literal object.
 This is a special case of @code{'@var{val}}, above,
 possible because literal objects of these types are self-quoting.