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From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
To: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>,
	help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: append, push, and add-to-list.
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2021 21:50:39 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGP6PO+wuCFyatdEbPcuy7gLxJVcWoz9JoTRbQwviTwf_6wJOQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YOGbWPme9pU7Z6Ox@protected.localdomain>

On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 7:32 PM Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
>
> * Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> [2021-07-04 08:12]:
> > Thank you. I listed the usages below for all above-mentioned functions
> > by {C-h f} function-name:
> >
> > (add-to-list LIST-VAR ELEMENT &optional APPEND COMPARE-FN)
> > (push NEWELT PLACE)
> > (cl-pushnew X PLACE [KEYWORD VALUE]...)
> > (append &rest SEQUENCES)
>
> Good, I can also see some possible inconsistencies with X and NEWELT,
> as it would be better to call X also NEWELT. I can also see that
> documentation for `cl-pushnew' is not adequate enough. You are
> probably expected to learn definition from Common Lisp to understand
> the KEYWORDs:
> http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/iiip/doc/CommonLISP/HyperSpec/Body/mac_pushnew.html#pushnew
>
> Function `append' will work with various sequences not just lists.
>
> Please see manual: (info "(elisp) Sequences Arrays Vectors")
>
> > > Because you use it more for configurations, then add-to-list would be:
> > >
> > > (add-to-list 'company-backends '(company-capf company-ispell))
> >
> > Why can't this be written as follows, just like the other two?
> >
> > (add-to-list company-backends '(company-capf company-ispell))
> >
> > >
> > > and with append
> > >
> > > (append company-backends '(company-capf company-ispell))
>
> Functions `add-to-list' and `append' do different things, though
> similar.
>

I'm curious why `add-to-list' must take 'company-backends, i.e.,
(quote company-backends) as one of its argument, while the other
functions can directly use the unquoted form.

HY
-- 
Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering
NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China



  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-04 13:50 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 [this message]
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
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
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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
2021-07-05 17:21       ` tomas
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
2021-07-05 18:18         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-05 18:11       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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
2021-07-06 20:16           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06 19:56       ` Jean Louis
2021-07-06 20:15         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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