From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9082: Add hints to documentation of car and cdr for (e)lisp newcomers Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:09:24 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8762n4ewfx.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> <87k4bkd61a.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310678227 7248 80.91.229.12 (14 Jul 2011 21:17:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:17:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Adam =?UTF-8?Q?Sj=C3=B8gren?= , 9082@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 14 23:17:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhTHL-00062Z-2d for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:10:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9082) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2011 20:09:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhSEG-000800-Ic for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:09:52 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhSE9-0007zj-Ig for 9082@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:09:45 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=quimbies.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QhSDw-00006U-8J; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:09:28 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:47:43 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAElBMVEVMZD/l4dCFoIhqhWak uKgjKBJFDs5SAAACY0lEQVQ4jV2TW3LkIAxFVSZegBMW4Ajmn5LwfxtrAVR32P9W5srtzmRCPwpz kHT1MLW8x8XXvvy3yLDOXVx2sxhfNygCnFtbsIsW9x3fJdLyAvGno2hku+Xnfv8BWyX7vB6jnWA/ I2YlfqmKbf8WZpwIji5wOrvA0Sgz5xf4Dt2SUlJu+ZcqY2Fire+eZPwJVAOJiv1ydNihRKbCnsH+ D+jyUYia6hn9BTzw8gELVRXJV3Az5qS6uCsNqrgdXTZLYuUx3rZxWtTFIg78Ln4AfX6C3NhaEnbV lm/beKP+BEX8+lWRto0wuhCQBVegl9p8aMYjlVDbJEqaLrl70yVpolAyB9Eg7VldtPowRYJhaoGK JjkaagAVkH3TFaSmMA8EWfFLSFbYM0gwCQAw0eyJqGTj48g3ovlBng9JjugDEvy01ipczZ22MY/x yB778Ozzu/YT4HgMqq42iRpTOxyMcIIRMopbVSrfyh9xcFr0EWQlmlxzm0o7wXhaUJEUNOeU5Mvo 8gOLTsE7ku1YN9tJtyeYZlIQ6M3HfMdQX+BRUR8tYnB3bHhTTtDHwHMqWaVIbSksuVFwC4hRv79O mT9zu5slemrNjL5h/CZk0uzerFDxctBD59HRFGpe+S8Ui3QGQAHwF4qQsFi7izKAu/JzCt6DVq35 jODjwdFhpA7BemDyOs+Bgpt0dGhzX6He8loeCe3Q4pPXMUHUUc5p5XX04lOFSfGp07PXpRdO6BBG Ecl60zAEmjCPZWOeyVfyu2gBc8E0Ju2IvUIdgFSDEj4Hpglxuie8G+TXYSC8ul+WVdYHzsNfdImx 3oDWlmgAAAAASUVORK5CYII= X-Now-Playing: Joni Mitchell's _For The Roses_: "Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig's Tune)" X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:rgm@gnu.org::czqat25P4zRGtlZ9:000000AvlY X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:asjo@koldfront.dk::8Hm5HfjnSnzjrJN3:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000R4Kl X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:9082@debbugs.gnu.org::m8VO83qO9eaF2H4Y:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000wsdb X-MailScanner-ID: 1QhSDw-00006U-8J MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1311278968.47049@tAaLHli4lk0nCnPTzqIKNQ X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:10:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:49092 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > To me, "rest" means nothing with no context. > It's fine to say: "A returns the first element, and B the rest." > But just saying on its own "B returns the rest" with no reference to A > means nothing. > I might say "B returns everything but the first element". And it's still not precise, since "first element" has no meaning if it's not a list, but just a cons cell. I've now reverted the patch. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/