From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: plist-put modification by side effect Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:55:13 +0100 Message-ID: <87wsc9f9j2.fsf@ambire.localdomain> References: <20090131210630.GC17573@stats.ox.ac.uk> <87d4e3w031.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <20090201162314.GA13754@stats.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233568782 30260 80.91.229.12 (2 Feb 2009 09:59:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:59:42 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 02 11:00:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LTvbs-0008TW-Cs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:00:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46413 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LTvaZ-0005iJ-QZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:59:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LTva6-0005i2-Ik for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:59:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LTva3-0005hT-QZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:59:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42316 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LTva3-0005hM-D7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:59:03 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp-out112.alice.it ([85.37.17.112]:3677) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LTva3-0000xa-0S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:59:03 -0500 Original-Received: from FBCMMO01.fbc.local ([192.168.68.195]) by smtp-out112.alice.it with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:59:01 +0100 Original-Received: from FBCMCL01B08.fbc.local ([192.168.171.46]) by FBCMMO01.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:59:01 +0100 Original-Received: from ambire.localdomain ([79.17.68.47]) by FBCMCL01B08.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:54:35 +0100 Original-Received: from ttn by ambire.localdomain with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LTvWL-0005m4-T1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:55:13 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20090201162314.GA13754@stats.ox.ac.uk> (Dan Davison's message of "Sun, 1 Feb 2009 11:23:14 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Feb 2009 09:54:35.0734 (UTC) FILETIME=[41443F60:01C9851C] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ 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:61854 Archived-At: () Dan Davison () Sun, 1 Feb 2009 11:23:14 -0500 So if I've understood this then I think the docstring is inaccurate since `The PLIST is modified by side effects.' is not necessarily true. When something is consed onto the head of a list, the list is not modified. thi