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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2020-05-02 13:48:21 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2020-05-02 13:49:32 -0700
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parented25282b82732a7370a4a55633c5830fd473a9b7 (diff)
downloademacs-0a3731feef351f6af47bed1458aefb6cb481b5f9.tar.gz
Make memq etc. examples more like they were
Problem reported by Štěpán Němec in: https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2020-05/msg00130.html * doc/lispref/lists.texi (Sets And Lists, Association Lists): Revert examples to be more like the way they were, using self-evaluating expressions. Be more consistent about listing unspecified results.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/lists.texi18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/lists.texi b/doc/lispref/lists.texi
index ea44e01f48a..fcaf4386b15 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/lists.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/lists.texi
@@ -1242,8 +1242,8 @@ compare @var{object} against the elements of the list. For example:
@result{} (b c b a)
@end group
@group
-(memq '(2) '((1) (2))) ; @r{@code{(2)} and @code{(2)} are not @code{eq}.}
- @result{} nil
+(memq '(2) '((1) (2))) ; @r{The two @code{(2)}s need not be @code{eq}.}
+ @result{} @r{Unspecified; might be @code{nil} or @code{((2))}.}
@end group
@end example
@end defun
@@ -1356,12 +1356,12 @@ Compare this with @code{memq}:
@example
@group
-(memql 1.2 '(1.1 1.2 1.3)) ; @r{@code{1.2} and @code{1.2} must be @code{eql}.}
+(memql 1.2 '(1.1 1.2 1.3)) ; @r{@code{1.2} and @code{1.2} are @code{eql}.}
@result{} (1.2 1.3)
@end group
@group
-(memq 1.2 '(1.1 1.2 1.3)) ; @r{@code{1.2} and @code{1.2} need not be @code{eq}.}
- @result{} nil ; @r{... or it might be @code{(1.2 1.3)}.}
+(memq 1.2 '(1.1 1.2 1.3)) ; @r{The two @code{1.2}s need not be @code{eq}.}
+ @result{} @r{Unspecified; might be @code{nil} or @code{(1.2 1.3)}.}
@end group
@end example
@end defun
@@ -1380,12 +1380,12 @@ Compare this with @code{memq}:
@example
@group
-(member (list 2) '((1) (2))) ; @r{@code{(list 2)} and @code{(2)} are @code{equal}.}
+(member '(2) '((1) (2))) ; @r{@code{(2)} and @code{(2)} are @code{equal}.}
@result{} ((2))
@end group
@group
-(memq (list 2) '((1) (2))) ; @r{@code{(list 2)} and @code{(2)} are not @code{eq}.}
- @result{} nil
+(memq '(2) '((1) (2))) ; @r{The two @code{(2)}s need not be @code{eq}.}
+ @result{} @r{Unspecified; might be @code{nil} or @code{(2)}.}
@end group
@group
;; @r{Two strings with the same contents are @code{equal}.}
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ keys may not be symbols:
("compound leaves" . horsechestnut)))
(assq "simple leaves" leaves)
- @result{} @r{Unspecified; might be @code{nil} or non-@code{nil}.}
+ @result{} @r{Unspecified; might be @code{nil} or @code{("simple leaves" . oak)}.}
(assoc "simple leaves" leaves)
@result{} ("simple leaves" . oak)
@end smallexample