From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Setting up abbrev Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 22:37:17 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87k07sfywz.fsf@dataswamp.org> <87tu6wchw5.fsf@dataswamp.org> <87ilnbbye3.fsf@dataswamp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nhQ8+29NvK2rwIK4" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4076"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 01 22:39:47 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oIcCY-0000sA-Cz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2022 22:39:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39516 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oIcCX-0003GI-2s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:39:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oIcAL-0003G8-7A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:37:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:35872) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oIcAD-0006TE-2Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:37:28 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuxteam.de; s=mail; h=From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:To:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=QB0vlH3AeLTjJVvg7yCqruZ1+9zONH0gZkwsk12QMVI=; b=GyTZ27LH4OkgwArfeu/cuIxizr u1iUKMSKfFnyuRA2dcyzy6eHBH7jA1zIeV3EiToq7+wZOdE1uGNG38OHcjvdWkkNcMdNMGQaQEfI6 pK83BZLLpECyayy0qFCNztMTTIz5uuL6V98xwIyngEqWe1J5+otjtLlMQKx6ufmK0cWciutywX/8r RRIHIzMmP3pGHME72ksHjBiYbeNZ6eMQj+VUGW7A0gbvpQGYtbciVAzh8RjCHow4inGCKdDL8yoDl lM804RRTU1Riilwg+sk3m69eWqdt0nf2CgG5G7nmzWfwU5EoMUUE6UeDp3A3q9HxoHm8k6dzRzDgK NZz+0+/w==; Original-Received: from tomas by mail.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1oIcA9-0004CL-UJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Aug 2022 22:37:17 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ilnbbye3.fsf@dataswamp.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=5.199.139.25; envelope-from=tomas@tuxteam.de; helo=mail.tuxteam.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01, T_SPF_HELO_TEMPERROR=0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138734 Archived-At: --nhQ8+29NvK2rwIK4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 08:40:36PM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > tomas wrote: >=20 > >> Only a pair is a list as well ... > > > > But only in very restricted circumstances: when the pair's > > cdr is nil, i.e. when it is an one-element list. > > > > Otherwise it's an improper list... > > > > Unless, of course, you consider the list's head as "the > > list", in a pars pro toto way: then, a list is a pair whose > > cdr is a list. >=20 > A pair is a list with two elements. Dunno. In Lisp, there's no technical term "pair". In Scheme, a "pair" is what Lisp calls a "cons" or a "cons pair", and this is not a list. Just a building block for lists. If you want to invent your own terminology, you're welcome, but communication becomes cumbersome :) Cheers --=20 t --nhQ8+29NvK2rwIK4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABECAB0WIQRp53liolZD6iXhAoIFyCz1etHaRgUCYug5dgAKCRAFyCz1etHa RsWjAJ9WQGG+I76VRqu62wzU8NAMvf4KEgCggFrjgAxpwUof5YOzh07D2LzRctk= =lT+P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nhQ8+29NvK2rwIK4--