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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:226005 Archived-At: > > IOW, there's no reason we should not just talk about the cdr > > of a list, with no special typography used for the word "cdr". >=20 > In the manual, yes. In docstrings, on the other hand, I like that `cdr' > quoting results in a link to that function's documentation. OK, but only if the function is really what is meant. If all that is meant is the cons place/position or the return value from the function then I'd just say "the car" or "the cdr" (without the quotes). Same thing with talking about conses (aka "cons cells") - "cons" is a word, for Emacs users. Anyway, as mentioned, what I said "probably does not reflect an Emacs doc-string or manual convention". It's just my opinion: we shouldn't shy away from using (common, longstanding) Lispy language when talking about the Lisp language.