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From: | Kevin Rodgers |
Subject: | Re: Documentation for car and cdr |
Date: | Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:30:25 -0700 |
User-agent: | Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041105) |
Alex Schroeder wrote:
Ken Manheimer <address@hidden> writes:(car (cons 'x '(a b c))) ==> 'xI like examples in doc strings. I agree with those people saying that people not knowing about cons cells need to be able to use C-h f and get something that helps them learn the language. This is how I learnt the language. I'd use the following two simple examples: (car '(a . b)) ==> 'a (car '(a b c)) ==> 'a
In all cases, the quote on the right hand side of ==> is incorrect. Also, the notation is incorrect: see `(elisp)Evaluation Notation' 'a == (quote a) => a Pedagogically yours, -- Kevin Rodgers
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