From: Chris Hanson Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 04:58:48 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Remove note about empty list being the same as #f. X-Git-Tag: 20090517-FFI~1420 X-Git-Url: https://birchwood-abbey.net/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=828412d2848b227accd9f52b51009770fe2d7708;p=mit-scheme.git Remove note about empty list being the same as #f. --- diff --git a/v7/doc/ref-manual/overview.texi b/v7/doc/ref-manual/overview.texi index 3982cb09c..f51827e6d 100644 --- a/v7/doc/ref-manual/overview.texi +++ b/v7/doc/ref-manual/overview.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This file is part of the MIT/GNU Scheme Reference Manual. -@c $Id: overview.texi,v 1.2 2004/11/19 16:41:52 cph Exp $ +@c $Id: overview.texi,v 1.3 2004/12/07 04:58:48 cph Exp $ @c Copyright 1991,1992,1993,1994,1995 Massachusetts Institute of Technology @c Copyright 1996,1997,1999,2000,2001 Massachusetts Institute of Technology @@ -524,11 +524,6 @@ word @dfn{false} to refer to any Scheme value that counts as false. In conditional tests, all values count as true except for @code{#f}, which counts as false (@pxref{Conditionals}). -Implementation note: In MIT/GNU Scheme, @code{#f} and the empty list are the -same object, and the printed representation of @code{#f} is always -@samp{()}. As this contradicts the Scheme standard, MIT/GNU Scheme will be -changed to make @code{#f} and the empty list different objects. - @node External Representations, Disjointness of Types, True and False, Scheme Concepts @subsection External Representations