bug#4400: 23.1.50; char-syntax

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:31:06 +0200
> From: Andreas =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?= <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
> Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>, 4400@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> 
> > In Emacs, a character is represented by an integer object
> > (of valid character-code range).
> 
> What if docu would say:
> 
> "For example, if CHARACTER is a word constituent, `119' is returned."
> 
> or maybe still better
> 
> "For example, if CHARACTER is a word constituent, numeric value of character 
> `w' is returned, which is `119' in Emacs internal representation."

In GNU Emacs, characters and integers are one and the same.  So the
text you suggest would make things even more confusing.

A Lisp code that needs to test against character syntax class should
use ?w etc.  ?w is another way to say 119.