From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7545: 24.0.50; (elisp) `Simple Types' Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:47:08 -0400 Message-ID: <87iprkchrn.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <4EF744340E21483ABFE942FA8F1F2C12@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309654109 24788 80.91.229.12 (3 Jul 2011 00:48:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 00:48:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7545@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 03 02:48:25 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdArJ-0007nN-5q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:48:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39402 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdArI-0004An-BF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:48:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35765) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdAr0-00049r-Ev for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:48:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdAqw-0004Th-MM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:48:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50992) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QdAqw-0004Td-Gx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:48:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdAqw-0005Xv-9r; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:48:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7545 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 7545-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7545.130965405421272 (code B ref 7545); Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7545) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Jul 2011 00:47:34 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdAqU-0005X3-Gr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:47:34 -0400 Original-Received: from vm-emlprdomr-03.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.144]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QdAqT-0005Wr-AR for 7545@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:47:33 -0400 Original-Received: from furball (dhcp128036014003.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-03.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p630lR3W005086 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sat, 2 Jul 2011 20:47:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:50:47 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 130.132.50.144 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:48:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:47797 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > "Drew Adams" writes: > >> Why are types `alist' and `plist' considered simple types? Seems like >> they are like `cons', `repeat', and `list', not like `string' and >> `symbol'. They are structures with component types. Don't they belong >> in node `Composite Types'? > > That seems logical. It's a corner case, since alist and plist can have omitted arguments, so it is not necessary to specify the composite elements like the other composite types. But I don't mind moving the rather long descriptions to Composite Types node. Changed in the emacs-23 branch. > But this report was marked as "notabug", but doesn't show how it got > that mark. No idea; operator error maybe.