* Re: master abe5eb9: Explain what ( . c) means to the Emacs Lisp reader
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@ 2021-08-24 14:45 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-08-25 10:25 ` Philip Kaludercic
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From: Stefan Kangas @ 2021-08-24 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs developers, Lars Ingebrigtsen
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
> index d8091f1..365d5ac 100644
> --- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
> @@ -1001,6 +1001,13 @@ It looks like this:
> @end example
> @end ifnottex
>
> + As a somewhat peculiar side effect of @code{(a b . c)} and
> +@code{(a . (b . c))} being equivalent, for consistency this means
> +that if you replace @code{b} here with the empty sequence, then it
> +follows that @code{(a . c)} and @code{(a . ( . c))} are equivalent,
> +too. This also means that @code{( . c)} is equivalent to @code{c},
> +but this is seldom used.
This really is nitpicking but... should we perhaps say something even
stronger here, for example "almost never used"?
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* Re: master abe5eb9: Explain what ( . c) means to the Emacs Lisp reader
2021-08-24 14:45 ` master abe5eb9: Explain what ( . c) means to the Emacs Lisp reader Stefan Kangas
@ 2021-08-25 10:25 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-08-25 10:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Philip Kaludercic @ 2021-08-25 10:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Kangas; +Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen, Emacs developers
Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>
>> diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
>> index d8091f1..365d5ac 100644
>> --- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
>> +++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
>> @@ -1001,6 +1001,13 @@ It looks like this:
>> @end example
>> @end ifnottex
>>
>> + As a somewhat peculiar side effect of @code{(a b . c)} and
>> +@code{(a . (b . c))} being equivalent, for consistency this means
>> +that if you replace @code{b} here with the empty sequence, then it
>> +follows that @code{(a . c)} and @code{(a . ( . c))} are equivalent,
>> +too. This also means that @code{( . c)} is equivalent to @code{c},
>> +but this is seldom used.
>
> This really is nitpicking but... should we perhaps say something even
> stronger here, for example "almost never used"?
Is it ever used?
--
Philip Kaludercic
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* Re: master abe5eb9: Explain what ( . c) means to the Emacs Lisp reader
2021-08-25 10:25 ` Philip Kaludercic
@ 2021-08-25 10:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-08-25 10:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Philip Kaludercic; +Cc: Stefan Kangas, Emacs developers
Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>> This really is nitpicking but... should we perhaps say something even
>> stronger here, for example "almost never used"?
>
> Is it ever used?
Statistically speaking, probably not.
I'm not sure that "almost never used" or "never used" are stronger than
"seldom used" here, though.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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