Re: [Chicken-users] list of more than 2 elements is pair?

[Paul Sika]

Thank you, Christian.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 12:36 PM Christian Kellermann <address@hidden> wrote:

* 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.
>
> 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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