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Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:

> In the definition of the function `current-kill':
>
> [...]
>       (let ((ARGth-kill-element
> 	     (nthcdr (mod (- n (length kill-ring-yank-pointer))
> 			  (length kill-ring))
> 		     kill-ring)))
> [...]
>
> I understand what `ARGth-kill-element' does (from its name).  But how
> does it work?  I cannot understand it.

ARGth-kill-element *does* nothing. It *is* a variable that takes the
value of the expression that begins with (nthcdr ...