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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: using setq to create lists based on other lists...
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2018 11:05:08 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr2ezj4ur.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: DA4E6CB2-2369-4AC1-B107-FEBC0579F4EE@gmail.com

> When I check "Modifying Existing List Structure" the only things I find of
> any use in my case are setcar/setcdr.

That's because "modifying" is the wrong way to think about it.

That section should start by telling the user that most likely what they
really want to do is something else (i.e. get a similar list structure
with some differences).

> I would certainly have considered that if I had known that setq was
> linking the lists :)

Clearly, "linking the lists" means something to you, but it means
nothing to me, so the manual can't really say something like that.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2018-12-02 16:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-12-02 10:53 using setq to create lists based on other lists Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-02 15:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-12-02 15:41   ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-02 16:05     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2018-12-02 16:23       ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-02 17:02         ` Stefan Monnier
2018-12-02 17:21           ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-02 19:11             ` Robert Thorpe
2018-12-02 23:44               ` Jean-Christophe Helary
     [not found]   ` <mailman.5028.1543765273.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-12-03 13:43     ` Rusi
     [not found] <mailman.5010.1543748027.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-12-02 11:21 ` Barry Margolin
2018-12-02 11:51   ` Stephen Berman
2018-12-02 12:22     ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-02 13:08       ` Stephen Berman
2018-12-02 13:28         ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-02 14:40           ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-12-02 15:34             ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-02 15:44               ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-12-02 15:57                 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-02 15:00           ` Stephen Berman
2018-12-02 15:30             ` Jean-Christophe Helary
     [not found]             ` <mailman.5026.1543764670.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-12-04  9:00               ` Barry Margolin
2018-12-02 12:03   ` Jean-Christophe Helary
     [not found] <mailman.5042.1543777897.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-12-04  9:04 ` Barry Margolin
     [not found]   ` <(message>
     [not found]     ` <from>
     [not found]       ` <Barry>
     [not found]         ` <Margolin>
     [not found]           ` <on>
     [not found]             ` <Tue>
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2018-12-04 13:56   ` Stefan Monnier
2018-12-05  1:07   ` Robert Thorpe
2018-12-05  2:32     ` Drew Adams
2018-12-05  6:45       ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-05  8:00         ` Marcin Borkowski
2018-12-05  8:11           ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-12-05 14:57         ` Drew Adams
     [not found]         ` <mailman.5218.1544021892.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-12-05 16:59           ` Barry Margolin
     [not found]     ` <mailman.5186.1543978155.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-12-05 16:50       ` Barry Margolin
     [not found]   ` <mailman.5145.1543931778.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-12-05 16:47     ` Barry Margolin

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