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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/subr.el | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index 44199a50754..54bee8a809f 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -752,9 +752,9 @@ Elements of ALIST that are not conses are ignored." alist) (defun alist-get (key alist &optional default remove testfn) - "Return the value associated with KEY in ALIST. + "Find the first element of ALIST whose `car' equals KEY and return its `cdr'. If KEY is not found in ALIST, return DEFAULT. -Use TESTFN to lookup in the alist if non-nil. Otherwise, use `assq'. +Equality with KEY is tested by TESTFN, defaulting to `eq'. This is a generalized variable suitable for use with `setf'. When using it to set a value, optional argument REMOVE non-nil |