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Re: The doc-strings for car and cdr are insulting.
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: The doc-strings for car and cdr are insulting. |
Date: |
Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:32:25 -0400 |
How about something like the following, changing "LIST" to "CONS", and
using "lhs" and "rhs":
"car is a built-in function.
(car CONS)
Return the \"left hand side\" of CONS. If CONS is nil, return nil.
If CONS is a list, the car is its first element.
Error if arg is not nil and not a cons cell. See also `car-safe'."
and
"cdr is a built-in function.
(cdr CONS)
Return the \"right hand side\" of CONS. If CONS is nil, return nil.
If CONS is a list, the cdr is the list without its first element.
Error if arg is not nil and not a cons cell. See also `cdr-safe'."
These are good.