bug#7545: 24.0.50; (elisp) `Simple Types'

[Deniz Dogan]

On 2011-07-02 15:50, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> "Drew Adams"<drew.adams@oracle.com>  writes:
>
> > Why are types `alist' and `plist' considered simple types?  Seems like
> > they are like `cons', `repeat', and `list', not like `string' and
> > `symbol'.  They are structures with component types.  Don't they belong
> > in node `Composite Types'?
>
> That seems logical.  But this report was marked as "notabug", but
> doesn't show how it got that mark.  Anybody know what that means?

It could mean that someone (I don't remember who has access) changed it 
straight in the database.  This has happened to one of my bug reports 
before.