Re: Add-to-list or setq append...

[Richard Riley]

Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> writes:

> Just a curiosity, I was wondering why in so many README and doc they
> suggest to add elements to lists with something like:
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> (setq list (append list element))
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> instead of doing simply
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> (add-to-list list-va element)
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> Is there any good reason or is just historical heritage?
> I think add-to-list is even more smart adding only if not there already,
> then what's the point in using that ugly form?
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With append you can append a list. e.g

(setq load-path (append load-path '("/usr/local/emacs/site-lisp" 
"/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp")))

I don't know if add-to-list can do that?