Difference between list and cons*

[Carl Sorensen]

David,

I noticed that in a recent patch you changed from constructing property
lists with list to using cons*.

I'm not questioning your decision.  However, I'd like to gain some
understanding.  Why was it necessary (or at least desirable) to make the
change?  As far as I understand, the difference between list and cons* is
that list puts '() at the tail of the list, while cons* puts the last
argument at the tail of the list.

Any light you could shed on this would be helpful to me.

Thanks,

Carl