From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Lispref add-to-list - doc is unnecessary convoluted
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 09:03:16 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b73a011c-8720-4a40-b93a-edc5d9641e2c@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM0PR06MB6577A02DF8A6CBD735F3FE8E96F10@AM0PR06MB6577.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com>
> why doesn't add-to-list take a list value, why symbol?
That's its specific purpose: update the value
of a (list-valued) _variable_. It's all about
a variable - updating its value.
The doc is very clear:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/List-Variables.html
Please read the entire topic (node).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-04 17:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-04 2:17 Lispref add-to-list - doc is unnecessary convoluted Arthur Miller
2020-12-04 2:27 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-04 2:36 ` Robin Tarsiger
2020-12-04 3:29 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-04 3:35 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-04 8:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-04 8:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-04 15:28 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-04 15:56 ` Robin Tarsiger
2020-12-04 16:14 ` Ad-hoc list structure tutorializing (was: Lispref add-to-list - doc is unnecessary convoluted) Robin Tarsiger
2020-12-04 20:24 ` Ad-hoc list structure tutorializing Stefan Monnier
2020-12-04 21:12 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-05 7:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-06 5:45 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-06 5:57 ` Robin Tarsiger
2020-12-06 14:01 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-06 5:39 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-04 21:40 ` add-to-list vs cl-pushnew Robin Tarsiger
2020-12-04 21:51 ` Robin Tarsiger
2020-12-04 22:47 ` Sv: Ad-hoc list structure tutorializing (was: Lispref add-to-list - doc is unnecessary convoluted) arthur miller
2020-12-04 17:03 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2020-12-04 17:24 ` Lispref add-to-list - doc is unnecessary convoluted arthur miller
2020-12-04 18:02 ` Drew Adams
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