From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17403: 24.4.50; package-alist doc-string error Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 17:58:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87d0ic1ylf.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="81915"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 17403@debbugs.gnu.org To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 14 17:59:08 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hmgu3-000L9l-OK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 17:59:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32942 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmgu1-0008Nd-Uu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:59:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42379) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmgtz-0008NV-44 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:59:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hmgty-0002na-5T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:59:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36865) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hmgty-0002nO-12 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmgtx-0000jd-VC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:59:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17403 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 17403-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17403.15631199152773 (code B ref 17403); Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17403) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2019 15:58:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45683 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmgtW-0000if-NB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:58:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wr1-f46.google.com ([209.85.221.46]:44929) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hmgtV-0000iS-OP for 17403@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:58:34 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wr1-f46.google.com with SMTP id p17so14520771wrf.11 for <17403@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 08:58:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=BVRaiXs34T4TbDC+25MOs0l1W2aFNNW5xSrYTnEsJwI=; b=lvz14LxUDomWHybRqbERhFf3pKJMGhrk5JjnwInrPF4RBTzQiIE0VYw3SF6diHKCqI U/nGnRfQ817TueManYlskzwJa4Rk3B53Q9R/s5jIYETrdv39YGuhmPxvT2UWI1WFCtzu 6fd2H43+Frbp52wkc0RhoCadHgDhKmk/D2aDRJI3GZEMB0y/9r5ThMlePShVKTG9ltXC VdgDAYpvef0MKQjGRDMMYFV3ZO5gIIHYUOBDNutML6+vLREYMs7696FAWqzj2SRvD/K0 4GCDdt6MsnkLWaWoZAtDVM99OV7f/JPH93nryAcsdcKOYtK1Lui277XirdWMm0NwleDx lvSg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVWP/EQgsgtkZl8dS2Cf3ssX1R/c9xOwgdeU8FREp0ZzPFhkGm1 rQWj7FAN5NoeFYpovh3GliZHMpQ6w27S61cbgs8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwQT9akXoSMzzaMHraV7Vv2mtkVkM/oRzyCQRcTmnphTMiqVL8hVBor/g+fT2AS88VIg1FUtPIjfEd4u0emOpM= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6000:14b:: with SMTP id r11mr23915569wrx.196.1563119907839; Sun, 14 Jul 2019 08:58:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87d0ic1ylf.fsf@gmail.com> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:163000 Archived-At: Noam Postavsky writes: > The only structural requirement for "alist"ness is to be a list of > conses. As long as none of the lists are empty, a list of lists is (or > can be viewed as) an alist. OK, interesting. > I don't think there is a bug here, just a > misunderstanding of dot notation. Hmm, I had to think a minute about this but you're right, of course. Not sure what confused me. Is it a problem that this is documented as "(PKG . DESCS)" when the printed representation is "(PKG DESCS)"? If not, we can close this as notabug. Thanks, Stefan Kangas PS. Took the original reporter off Cc because it bounced the first time.