Re: Side effects of `sort'

[Stefan Monnier]

> Lisp doesn't really have access to "the input list" in any real sense:
>    (sort (identity x))
> do you expect x to be rebound?

It doesn't hav access to `x' but it has access to the list, obviously.
If the input is nil, the output is nil, and if the input is a cons, the
output could be the same cons.    It just means that `sort' would have
to fiddle not only with `cdr's but also with the `car's.
Not worth the trouble, tho.


        Stefan