From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12314: 24.2.50; `add-to-history': use `setq' with `delete' Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:19:58 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7602D24B74DE42CF9901322634B85CA2@us.oracle.com> <87sjas4mc2.fsf@gnu.org> <83ipbomv6e.fsf@gnu.org> <2C45207ADF0E46BC98AF1B486695F632@us.oracle.com> <83fw6smti6.fsf@gnu.org> <9A8F619FD7584123A6319BD089E444E4@us.oracle.com> <83bohgmrdv.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347121242 24952 80.91.229.3 (8 Sep 2012 16:20:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 16:20:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12314@debbugs.gnu.org, cyd@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 08 18:20:44 2012 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 1TANm0-0007is-8b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:20:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50738 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TANlx-0008DF-1Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:20:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54059) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TANlv-0008DA-41 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:20:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TANlu-0000Rz-9d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:20:39 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39282) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TANlu-0000Rv-6B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:20:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TANmH-0006q4-Sm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:21:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:21:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12314 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12314-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12314.134712122626248 (code B ref 12314); Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:21:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12314) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Sep 2012 16:20:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48828 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TANli-0006pI-HJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:20:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:53008) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TANlg-0006pB-Pi for 12314@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:20:25 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3XDghv0g0Kz4KK4M; Sat, 8 Sep 2012 18:19:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: U/JAb9lfNHrqII8g2WZOR0iV0fNHKgNNFWCVTI3plpY= Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-93-104-158-104.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.158.104]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3XDght62ZxzbbgC; Sat, 8 Sep 2012 18:19:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 665C5CA2A3; Sat, 8 Sep 2012 18:19:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: OVER the undertow! UNDER the overpass! Around the FUTURE and BEYOND REPAIR!! In-Reply-To: <83bohgmrdv.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:05:48 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:63952 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii 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. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."