About traditional Lisp primitives

About traditional Lisp primitives

[Xue Fuqiao]

In (info "(elisp) Coding Conventions"):

      This recommendation applies even to names for traditional Lisp
      primitives that are not primitives in Emacs Lisp--such as
      `copy-list'.

I don't know what "traditional Lisp primitives" means here.  What are 
the differences between traditional Lisp primitives and primitives in 
Emacs Lisp?  Are they implemented in C?

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Re: About traditional Lisp primitives

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.21530.1362559820.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> wrote:

> In (info "(elisp) Coding Conventions"):
> 
>       This recommendation applies even to names for traditional Lisp
>       primitives that are not primitives in Emacs Lisp--such as
>       `copy-list'.
> 
> I don't know what "traditional Lisp primitives" means here.  What are 
> the differences between traditional Lisp primitives and primitives in 
> Emacs Lisp?  Are they implemented in C?

What they mean is a function in a traditional Lisp dialect (e.g. Common 
Lisp or Maclisp) that doesn't exist in Emacs Lisp.  If you want to use 
such a function in your own package, you need to write it yourself -- 
and the recommendation is that you personalize it with a prefix, so you 
don't conflict with another package that has a similar need.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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