Re: Documentation for car and cdr

[Jason Rumney]

"Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:

>     Return the car of cons cell CONS.  If arg is nil, return nil.
>     Error if arg is not nil and not a cons cell.  See also `car-safe'.
>
> How about this:
>
>     Return the car of cons cell (or list) CONS.  If arg is nil, return nil.
>     Error if arg is not nil and not a cons cell.  See also `car-safe'.

This might make it a little clearer to a new user that a cons cell is
somehow related to a list. It does not make the meaning of the vehicle
preceding that any clearer to someone unfamiliar with the instruction
set of a Lisp Machine.