From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#62020: Lisp reader: dotted pair notation not working when initial elements are omitted Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 14:19:09 +0200 Message-ID: <83r0tvwkea.fsf@gnu.org> References: <838rg87me0.fsf@gnu.org> <3242578A-C50A-4195-B663-F52B05DD80F6@acm.org> <323C23D7-8FC4-45C4-96E4-68C9204822B9@acm.org> <83ttyv4a10.fsf@gnu.org> <03783933-C5D0-4D48-955C-3390EDA44F37@acm.org> <83ttyszuqx.fsf@gnu.org> <1E6C6B8F-18B8-4C43-B7D5-DA7074F51BE2@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15006"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 62020@debbugs.gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, federicotedin@gmail.com To: Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 11 13:20:14 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1payCs-0003h1-Am for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:20:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1payCk-0008D7-1K; Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:20:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1payCh-0008Ce-D5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:20:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1payCg-0001Mb-Rc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:20:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1payCg-0006Xj-EO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:20:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:20:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 62020 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 62020-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B62020.167853717225108 (code B ref 62020); Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:20:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 62020) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Mar 2023 12:19:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56710 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1payCB-0006Wu-Tk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:19:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46588) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1payCA-0006Wh-5S for 62020@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:19:30 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1payC4-0001Fm-Ee; Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:19:24 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=YsthCE58YmdAfKzLbaYcGSiqG0sCSufhKYKyq0VMYOo=; b=Meu4CMBItmoMKsBIJbcG tiVnVU+eEbNWdgUJ+F355HMm9gpOOlBtxRzCMJESW3od3mMyvl7CvnE+E5R/AOWR/irNA6ytGJvl5 Pk3LdTpfOGiWNlJ4dl6fsutmeXtzH1RpcwlXwaGhqy8v0+6OA0AtN6aVYsKxpCcLslvgYU6ACNGuz B5PTzfaYftHamAcJB1mWf+2OeLSMJQBP1gPNWBwtaCn/x4JTHzYbHCFkD2Mkb2L89QwHAaHFXdaEo WS7YJ17ZT6hRwRJuAHt3oYgDc1lNrNDqsMo/3HluEPvCepyCRZd22HxX6kH09FWiWxDITPg+KujPQ nj/P30uwU6VtmQ==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1payC3-00006y-Nj; Sat, 11 Mar 2023 07:19:24 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1E6C6B8F-18B8-4C43-B7D5-DA7074F51BE2@acm.org> (message from Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= on Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:32:48 +0100) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:257784 Archived-At: > From: Mattias Engdegård > Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 10:32:48 +0100 > Cc: federicotedin@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 62020@debbugs.gnu.org > > 10 mars 2023 kl. 12.55 skrev Eli Zaretskii : > > > Documentation changes are always fine for a release branch, but I'd > > prefer to discuss a specific patch, if you don't mind posting one. > > Not at all. There's not much to see here -- the minimal change would just remove a paragraph: > > diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi > index 99a3c073971..2fe7e6db560 100644 > --- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi > +++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi > @@ -1007,13 +1007,6 @@ Dotted Pair Notation > @end example > @end ifnottex > > - As a somewhat peculiar side effect of @code{(a b . c)} and > -@code{(a . (b . c))} being equivalent, for consistency this means > -that if you replace @code{b} here with the empty sequence, then it > -follows that @code{(a . c)} and @code{(a . ( . c))} are equivalent, > -too. This also means that @code{( . c)} is equivalent to @code{c}, > -but this is seldom used. > - OK, thanks.