From 5f7456533f8d56a3ca01b6e556371afadebc10c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@gahr.ch>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 13:06:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify what (string-length) returns, provide hints to get
 the number of bytes instead

---
 manual/Module (scheme base) | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manual/Module (scheme base) b/manual/Module (scheme base)
index b92b1b72..e4938992 100644
--- a/manual/Module (scheme base)	
+++ b/manual/Module (scheme base)	
@@ -3235,7 +3235,9 @@ Returns a newly allocated string composed of the arguments.
 
 <procedure>(string-length string)</procedure><br>
 
-Returns the number of characters in the given string.
+Returns the number of Unicode code points in the given string.
+To get the number of bytes, use {{number-of-bytes}} from 
+[[Module (chicken memory representation)|the (chicken memory representation) module]].
 
 <procedure>(string-ref string k)</procedure><br>
 
-- 
2.56.0