From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: To be a list or not Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:40:21 +0900 Message-ID: <87d4sp3z1m.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <477568AC.7090304@gmail.com> <18293.28417.122146.27016@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <47758120.5000507@gmail.com> <18293.35504.41211.784522@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <4775925A.6020300@gmail.com> <18293.49293.672805.512265@rgrjr.rgrjr.com> <87odc96waz.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1198968063 12523 80.91.229.12 (29 Dec 2007 22:41:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:41:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , Bob Rogers , Emacs Devel To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 29 23:41:17 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J8kMV-0003MH-7X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:40:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8kM9-0006q6-Ul for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:40:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8kM6-0006pr-4v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:40:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8kM4-0006pf-P2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:40:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8kM4-0006pc-Ly for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:40:32 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J8kM1-0005lZ-11; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:40:29 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-100-219.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.100.219] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1J8kLu-0007eR-LV; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:40:22 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 67BB02FF7; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:40:21 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87odc96waz.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> (Stephen J. Turnbull's message of "Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:11:16 +0900") Original-Lines: 14 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:85640 Archived-At: "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: > > (defun proper-list-p (x) > > (and (listp x) > > (null (cdr (last x))))) > > But please call it `true-list-p', which is the name of the similar > XEmacs built-in. I think "proper" is the commonly used terminology though... -Miles -- Ich bin ein Virus. Mach' mit und kopiere mich in Deine .signature.