From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Checking whether a list contains a particular element Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:17:28 +0200 Message-ID: <6B3DF29F-250C-4AAD-A02B-F8811E9B661B@Web.DE> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153127876 26305 80.91.229.2 (17 Jul 2006 09:17:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:17:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 17 11:17:54 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2PEd-0000WA-97 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:17:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2PEc-0005Dt-Mz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:17:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2PEM-0005CO-T8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:17:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2PEJ-0005Bd-DF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:17:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2PEJ-0005BV-2k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:17:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.234] (helo=fmmailgate03.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G2PGw-0004if-9z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:20:14 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CFCF9B6671 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:17:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [87.193.63.125] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.107 #114) id 1G2PEH-00055C-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:17:30 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: emacs mailing list X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36006 Archived-At: Am 16.07.2006 um 21:22 schrieb Barry Margolin: > The built-in 'add-to-list' function already performs this check Ahh! From reading the function's name it's hard to guess that it does such a good work. And since the name is so clear I never would have checked the description ... Thank you all for the answers! It's now just a waste of time if I add what's already there. -- Greetings ~ O Pete ~~_\\_/% ~ O o