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bug#6647: 23.2; display-time-world not alists
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#6647: 23.2; display-time-world not alists |
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Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:59:42 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> writes:
> The docstrings of display-time-world-list say "Alist" whereas if I'm not
> mistaken the entries are lists, not pairs.
The value part of an alist element can be any lisp object, including a
list. See (elisp) Association Lists:
Sometimes it is better to design an alist to store the associated
value in the CAR of the CDR of the element. Here is an example of such
an alist:
((rose red) (lily white) (buttercup yellow))
Andreas.
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