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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 12314@debbugs.gnu.org, cyd@gnu.org
Subject: bug#12314: 24.2.50; `add-to-history': use `setq' with `delete'
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:19:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2392sxz9t.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83bohgmrdv.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:05:48 +0300")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Then the manual should be corrected to state that much more explicitly
> than it does now.  Perhaps it shouldn't even talk about destructive
> removal, as that will surely spread confusion.  For me "destructive"
> means "in-place", and no amount of describing how 'delete' works
> internally will ever be able to countermand that.

Even if the element is not the first one, you always have to think about
other references that may exist to the cons that is removed.

Andreas.

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-08 16:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-30 23:08 bug#12314: 24.2.50; `add-to-history': use `setq' with `delete' Drew Adams
2012-09-08 14:32 ` Chong Yidong
2012-09-08 14:43   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 14:57     ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 15:20       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 15:48         ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 16:05           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 16:19             ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2012-09-08 16:33               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 16:50                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-09-08 16:54                 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 17:06                 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-09-08 16:35               ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 16:25             ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 16:32               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 16:42                 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-08 21:21                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-08 22:26                     ` Drew Adams
2012-09-09  3:00                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09  6:29                         ` Drew Adams
2012-09-09  7:53                         ` Chong Yidong
2012-09-09 17:25                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-10 11:54                       ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2012-09-08 23:11                     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-09  2:51                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09 14:44                         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-09 17:14                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09 17:35                             ` Drew Adams
2012-09-09 18:20                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09 19:46                                 ` Drew Adams
2012-09-09 21:37                             ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-10  4:37                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-10 12:59                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-10 15:01                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2012-09-10 15:21                                   ` Drew Adams
2012-09-10 16:24                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-09  8:25 ` Dmitry Gutov

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