From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: replacing a certain element in a list with another Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:25:49 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <86ekxcykfs.fsf@slowfox.dyndns.org> <9PBlb.171$lK3.18@news.level3.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066919720 4363 80.91.224.253 (23 Oct 2003 14:35:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:35:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 23 16:35:18 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ACgYY-0007ho-00 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:35:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ACgVH-0000z9-HR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:31:55 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1066919149 132.204.24.42 (Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:25:49 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:25:49 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117554 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13486 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13486 > It might be helpful to add a comment to the docstring or info page > for nreverse saying that its argument is modified such that > afterwards it is a 1-element list containing the last element of the > reversed list. I don't think this particular aspect of the behavior should be documented. Maybe we should add a note saying "the argument should not be used afterwards", but even that would not be very convincing. I think the only reasonable thing to put is a "don't use this unless you know what you're doing". Stefan