From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18253: 24.4.50; doc string of `remq': correct it per the doc of `remove' Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:37:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1409006319 22679 80.91.229.3 (25 Aug 2014 22:38:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18253@debbugs.gnu.org To: tsugutomo.enami@jp.sony.com, Christoph Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 26 00:38:30 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XM2uD-0002DB-CK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:38:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50742 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XM2uD-0006xE-0Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:38:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53797) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XM2tz-0006uJ-5H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:38:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XM2tn-0004La-V5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:38:15 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45094) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XM2tn-0004LT-RV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:38:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XM2tn-0005IU-DE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:38:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:38:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18253 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18253-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18253.140900626020329 (code B ref 18253); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:38:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18253) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Aug 2014 22:37:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52037 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XM2tP-0005Ho-LW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:37:39 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:32223) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XM2tM-0005HZ-3k for 18253@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:37:37 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s7PMbT50022987 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:37:30 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s7PMbSri021017 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:37:29 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0019.oracle.com (abhmp0019.oracle.com [141.146.116.25]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s7PMbSVX020186; Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:37:28 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:92677 Archived-At: > > > Please explicitly say that `remq' returns a *copy* of LIST, just as w= e > > > do in the doc string of `remove'. It does *not* "Return LIST with al= l > > > occurrences of ELT removed." >=20 > IMHO, describing remq to return a copy of list is also confusing. Since > it does not return a copy on some cases. Good point. Perhaps it should say that it returns either a copy or a tail of the list. It could say something like this, for example: If the only elements in LIST that are `eq' to ELT occur before any other elements then a copy is not made: the tail after the last such occurrence is returned. Whatever language we choose, it should be precise wrt what the behavior is.