From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: append, push, and add-to-list.
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2021 18:19:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735suaw71.fsf@zoho.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAGP6PO+0+wYDe6aeS2w5WXusJvMapVzoThJSnYhpfaYaGNCnbw@mail.gmail.com
Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> I've noticed there are some similar functions, i.e., append,
> push, and add-to-list, for revising/updating the content of
> a list. But I'm still not so clear on the specific use
> scenarios for them. Consider the following command [1]
`nconc', `cl-pushnew', (setq lst `(,@lst el)) ...
> [...] Which methods are preferable?
Good question, perhaps in the manual somewhere they listed
and explained all in one place, if not, the help (`C-h f')
should be your friend.
But my intuition tells me, just because there are many options
a, b, ..., and z, that doesn't mean necessarily that one is
optimal for that situation.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-04 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-04 3:18 append, push, and add-to-list Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-04 4:35 ` Jean Louis
2021-07-04 5:11 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-04 11:28 ` Jean Louis
2021-07-04 13:50 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-04 15:58 ` Jean Louis
2021-07-05 2:04 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-04 16:01 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-07-04 16:20 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-04 16:19 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2021-07-05 2:16 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-05 3:48 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-05 4:31 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-05 5:07 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-05 5:50 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-05 6:19 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-05 5:06 ` Jean Louis
2021-07-05 6:22 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-05 6:32 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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2021-07-05 14:37 Drew Adams
2021-07-05 14:53 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-05 15:19 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-05 16:46 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06 19:54 ` Jean Louis
2021-07-06 20:08 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-05 15:41 ` tomas
2021-07-05 16:58 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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2021-07-06 1:17 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-05 18:10 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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2021-07-05 18:39 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-05 20:35 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06 19:57 ` Jean Louis
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