From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: mbork@mbork.pl
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Why is `pop' not named `npop'?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:07:06 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y1cpx3wl.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mst5yk6n.fsf@mbork.pl> (mbork@mbork.pl's message of "Tue, 16 Jan 2024 05:28:20 +0100")
mbork@mbork.pl writes:
> Hi all,
>
> the `pop' macro is destructive. Why isn't it called `npop' then? My
> wild guess is that the `n-' prefix is only used for functions, not
> macros, but is that really true?
>
> Best,
If I were to guess, because `pop' does not modify the list itself, only
the value of the GV.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-16 5:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-16 4:28 Why is `pop' not named `npop'? mbork
2024-01-16 5:07 ` Po Lu [this message]
2024-01-16 6:25 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-01-17 1:54 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-01-17 11:13 ` Yuri Khan
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