From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Hanchrow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: To be a list or not Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:40:40 -0800 Message-ID: <871w96sdk7.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> References: <477568AC.7090304@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1198880339 31242 80.91.229.12 (28 Dec 2007 22:18:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:18:59 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 28 23:19:13 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J8NXq-0001mU-I3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:19:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8NXV-0000it-EC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:18:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8NXR-0000iO-Hp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:18:45 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8NXQ-0000hy-Qx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:18:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8NXQ-0000hv-K8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:18:44 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J8NXQ-00069V-8P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:18:44 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1J8NAV-0004ik-5m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:55:03 +0000 Original-Received: from q-static-138-125.avvanta.com ([206.124.138.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:55:03 +0000 Original-Received: from offby1 by q-static-138-125.avvanta.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:55:03 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: q-static-138-125.avvanta.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:T4NHPr1hQxT3c0AE6rcP/IwWIUk= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:85568 Archived-At: The first of these complaints that it wants a list, the second says is is a list: ;; (length '(prop . val)) ;; (listp '(prop . val)) (With Emacs 22) Well, it's working as advertised: listp is a built-in function in `src/data.c'. (listp OBJECT) Return t if OBJECT is a list, that is, a cons cell or nil. Otherwise, return nil. Although I myself don't think that any old cons cell ought to be considered a list either. -- Like most people, I would like to use the words ''parameters'' and ''behoove'' in the same sentence, but I am not sure how. -- A Question for 'Ask Mister Language Person'