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GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

1.3.5 Error Messages

Some examples signal errors. This normally displays an error message in the echo area. We show the error message on a line starting with `error-->'. Note that `error-->' itself does not appear in the echo area.

(+ 23 'x) error--> Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, x