From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 7545@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7545: 24.0.50; (elisp) `Simple Types'
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:47:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87iprkchrn.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3d3hssseg.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:50:47 +0200")
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
>> Why are types `alist' and `plist' considered simple types? Seems like
>> they are like `cons', `repeat', and `list', not like `string' and
>> `symbol'. They are structures with component types. Don't they belong
>> in node `Composite Types'?
>
> That seems logical.
It's a corner case, since alist and plist can have omitted arguments, so
it is not necessary to specify the composite elements like the other
composite types. But I don't mind moving the rather long descriptions
to Composite Types node. Changed in the emacs-23 branch.
> But this report was marked as "notabug", but doesn't show how it got
> that mark.
No idea; operator error maybe.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-03 0:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-03 18:10 bug#7545: 24.0.50; (elisp) `Simple Types' Drew Adams
2011-07-02 13:50 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-02 13:57 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-07-02 15:26 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-03 0:47 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
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