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Re: [Chicken-users] list of more than 2 elements is pair?
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Christian Kellermann |
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Re: [Chicken-users] list of more than 2 elements is pair? |
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Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:36:49 +0100 |
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* Paul Sika <address@hidden> [181210 13:27]:
> hi Thomas,
> thank you very much. it is indeed clear from your explanation. it is about
> the cons cells.
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> But i must say that at the back of the mind it feels like it should not
> satisfy pair? because there are 3 elements in the list.
Well, it satisfies pair? since the first cell *is* a pair. The cdr
of the pair just points to another pair...
pair? makes a nice check for recursive procedures as the empty list
is not a pair: (pair? '()) -> #f
This avoids checking for list? and null?
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