From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Whaite Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documentation for car and cdr Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:31:51 -0500 Message-ID: <21088.1138231911@brains.moreideas.ca> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138231985 16496 80.91.229.2 (25 Jan 2006 23:33:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:33:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 26 00:33:00 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F1u7r-0000Mk-H8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:32:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F1uAc-0002wv-UQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:35:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F1uAN-0002us-2D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:35:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F1uAK-0002tA-4q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:35:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F1uAJ-0002sy-5O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:35:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.5.194.99] (helo=berlinr.sprint.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F1u7m-00077X-5C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:32:26 -0500 Original-Received: from brains.moreideas.ca ([149.99.156.1]) by berlinr.sprint.ca (InterMail vM.5.01.02.00 201-253-122-103-101-20001108) with ESMTP id <20060125233154.ODGB15335.berlinr.sprint.ca@brains.moreideas.ca> for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:31:54 -0500 Original-Received: from brains.moreideas.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by brains.moreideas.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0PNVqna021094 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:31:52 -0500 Original-Received: from brains.moreideas.ca (peta@localhost) by brains.moreideas.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id k0PNVpes021090 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:31:52 -0500 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Message from storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) of "Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:51:38 +0100." X-Mailer: MH-E 7.85+cvs; nmh 1.0.4; GNU Emacs 22.0.50.45 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49548 Archived-At: Kim F. Storm wrote: > > I fully agree, but notice that the doc strings for car and cdr > say that the arg is "list". I think that part of the confusion > is that a "pure" list does have a head and a tail and car==head > and cdr==tail. Yes exactly right. As it is now the doc string gives the misleading impression that c[ad]r operate on lists when they don't. -- Peter Whaite