screwy alist syntax

[Brian S McQueen]

I just noticed something that looks screwy.  Is there a good reason for
the following?

The assq func take a key and an alist:

assq key alist
assv key alist
assoc key alist
scm_assq (key, alist)
scm_assv (key, alist)
scm_assoc (key, alist)

BUT the assq-ref func take an alist and a key, which is the opposite
order:

assq-ref alist key
assv-ref alist key
assoc-ref alist key
scm_assq_ref (alist, key)
scm_assv_ref (alist, key)
scm_assoc_ref (alist, key)

I think these should two classes of functions should have their args in
the same order.

Brian McQueen
NAS Division
NASA/Ames