From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Checking whether a list contains a particular element
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:22:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85fyh0wpqa.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.4170.1153127856.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
> 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 ...
But it would be pointless if it did the same thing as `push'.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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2006-07-16 19:22 ` Checking whether a list contains a particular element Barry Margolin
2006-07-17 9:17 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.4170.1153127856.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-07-17 9:22 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2006-07-16 20:19 ` B. T. Raven
2006-07-17 7:57 ` Tim X
2006-07-16 18:53 Peter Dyballa
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