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Re: About elements in `format-alist'
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: About elements in `format-alist' |
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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:57:24 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> \(NAME DOC-STR REGEXP FROM-FN TO-FN MODIFY MODE-FN PRESERVE).
> +If an element list is not that long, the excessive part is taken as nil.
It's OK to add it, but at the same time it's not worth the trouble,
because it's a general convention: in 99% of the cases nil is treated
identically to (cons nil nil). I.e. it's only when this equivalence is
not followed that we should mention it.
Stefan