'print' does not call 'tostring' to format its arguments

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/manual/manual.of b/manual/manual.of
index 9f1ef631..6da2e494 100644
--- a/manual/manual.of
+++ b/manual/manual.of
@@ -6143,8 +6143,10 @@ In case of any error, @id{pcall} returns @false plus the error object.
 @LibEntry{print (@Cdots)|
 Receives any number of arguments
 and prints their values to @id{stdout},
-using the @Lid{tostring} function to convert each argument to a string.
-@id{print} is not intended for formatted output,
+converting each argument to a string
+following the same rules of @Lid{tostring}.
+
+The function @id{print} is not intended for formatted output,
 but only as a quick way to show a value,
 for instance for debugging.
 For complete control over the output,
@@ -8773,6 +8775,13 @@ like any other error when calling a finalizer.)
 @itemize{
 
 @item{
+The function @Lid{print} does not call @Lid{tostring}
+to format its arguments;
+instead, it has this functionality hardwired.
+You should use @id{__tostring} to modify how values are printed.
+}
+
+@item{
 The pseudo-random number generator used by the function @Lid{math.random}
 now starts with a somewhat random seed.
 Moreover, it uses a different algorithm.