Re: Replacement for `aput' from obsolete assoc.el?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > It's precisely for this reason that XEmacs recommends plists over
>> > alists.  Nobody will shoot you for using an alist, but plists do have
>> > a better API.
>> Hmm... would you care to give some example?
> Of course, it's all a matter of taste; since you ask, I'll advocate
> mine. ;-)

I didn't see much ion their which addresses the issue of setting
elements in plists (other than plist-put which doesn't seem to be
significantly better than (push (cons a b) c)).


        Stefan