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Re: Add hints to documentation of car and cdr for (e)lisp newcomers - ta


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Add hints to documentation of car and cdr for (e)lisp newcomers - take 2
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:41:38 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> However, to really understand car (or cdr), you really need a bit more
> understanding of lists, cons cells etc. So having a somewhat terse doc
> string which includes a link to the manual may be a good thing as it
> will encourage the user to look at the manual and possibly get some of
> the additional information (plus caar, caadr, cddr etc).

Agreed.  There's one detail that would be helpful, tho: make it clear
which is which, for those people who are familiar with the general idea
but aren't using Lisp often enough to remember which of `car` or `cdr`
return the right hand side of cons cell.


        Stefan




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