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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)
Cc: 9082@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9082: Add hints to documentation of car and cdr for (e)lisp newcomers
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:31:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3bowwogsb.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8762n4ewfx.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> ("Adam \=\?iso-8859-1\?Q\?Sj\?\= \=\?iso-8859-1\?Q\?\=F8gren\=22's\?\= message of "Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:03:30 +0200")

asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

> 2011-07-14  Adam Sjøgren  <asjo@koldfront.dk>
>
> 	* data.c (car, cdr): add functionality hints to documentation.

I've applied your patch to Emacs 24, although...

>   DEFUN ("cdr", Fcdr, Scdr, 1, 1, 0,
> !        doc: /* Return the cdr (rest) of LIST.  If arg is nil, return nil.

this is kinda still wrong-ish.  I mean, you can take the cdr of a cons
cell.  The cdr isn't more `rest' then the car is.  However, since the
documentation says LIST, I guess it's OK.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/





  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-14 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-14 15:03 bug#9082: Add hints to documentation of car and cdr for (e)lisp newcomers Adam Sjøgren
2011-07-14 18:31 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-14 19:19   ` Adam Sjøgren
2011-07-14 19:47     ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-14 20:09       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 20:28         ` Adam Sjøgren
2011-07-14 20:37           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 21:20             ` bug#9082: Add hints to documentation of car and cdr for (e)lispnewcomers Drew Adams

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