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Re: Documentation for car and cdr
From: |
Tomas Zerolo |
Subject: |
Re: Documentation for car and cdr |
Date: |
Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:28:12 +0100 |
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On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 09:34:43AM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
[...]
> OK, here are my suggestions. I think they they are both clear enough and
> rigorous enough:
>
> " car is a built-in function.
> (car CONS)
>
> Return the car of CONS. If CONS is nil, return nil.
> The car of a list or a dotted pair is its first element.
>
> Error if CONS is not nil and not a cons cell. See also `car-safe'."
[similar CDR suggestion snipped]
I actually liked your first suggestions better. I know it is
controversial here :-)
Regards
-- tomas
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