From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#34842: 26.1; Alist documentation: let-alist Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 04:48:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87a7a5e4yc.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87eezhh763.fsf@gnus.org> <871rvh9zc4.fsf@tcd.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="35646"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 34842@debbugs.gnu.org, =?UTF-8?Q?Sebasti=C3=A1n_?= =?UTF-8?Q?Mon=C3=ADa?= To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 13 04:49:22 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iJTwg-00098E-K7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 04:49:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37278 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJTwe-00063p-RU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:49:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59163) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJTwO-00062v-8W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:49:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJTwM-0006M8-Mb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:49:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54073) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJTwM-0006M1-JL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJTwM-000474-Gg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 02:49:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 34842 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 34842-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B34842.157093489915759 (code B ref 34842); Sun, 13 Oct 2019 02:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 34842) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Oct 2019 02:48:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34661 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJTvf-000467-2m for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:47108) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iJTvc-00045y-Ld for 34842@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 22:48:17 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iJTvY-0003Ya-K4; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 04:48:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <871rvh9zc4.fsf@tcd.ie> (Basil L. Contovounesios's message of "Sun, 13 Oct 2019 03:03:07 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:169090 Archived-At: "Basil L. Contovounesios" writes: > Thanks. The following constitute what I think are some opportunities > for clarifying the current doc. WDYT? Looks good to me, but: > +@samp{.} are bound. Each such @var{.symbol} is bound to the @sc{cdr} > +of the first association for @var{symbol} in @var{alist} using > +@code{assq}. If no such association exists, @var{.symbol} is bound to > +@code{nil}: > > +@lisp > +(let-alist colors > + .tulip) > + @result{} nil > +@end lisp This bit seems superfluous. (cdr (assq ...)) is nil when no such association exists, but this makes it sound like that's a special case somehow... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no