From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31628: 26.1; Problem in read-multiple-choice's docstring Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 17:39:43 +0100 Message-ID: <87vab6h0vk.fsf@tcd.ie> References: <87lgc3pzxf.fsf@cassou.me> <877enn64de.fsf@tcd.ie> <17f558ca-75b4-4787-ad48-b99559598b6a@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1527611891 13139 195.159.176.226 (29 May 2018 16:38:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 16:38:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Damien Cassou , 31628@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 29 18:38:07 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fNhdP-0003Kj-8t for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 18:38:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33938 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNhfW-00026y-D5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 12:40:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47153) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNhfK-00024K-TZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 12:40:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNhfG-0002Bt-P6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 12:40:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46333) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNhfG-0002Bm-Kp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 12:40:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fNhfG-0001IY-Cl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 12:40:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Basil L. 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B), >> but I agree that the docstring can be clarified a bit. > > No - assuming you mean that A, B, and C are elements of the > list and they are atoms, not cons cells. You misunderstood the wording that Damien and I used. We both referred to lists *of elements* (A B C), not lists *of form* (A B C). In other words, (A B C) and (A . B) describe the structure of the list's elements, not that of the list itself. The preposition "of" in "list of (A B C)" totally disambiguates this distinction for me; if the wording is not as clear to others, then perhaps someone will suggest an improvement. -- Basil