GNU bug report logs - #10659
24.0.93; (elisp) `scan-lists'

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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:43:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.93

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 10659 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10659: 24.0.93; (elisp) `scan-lists'
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:44:46 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> To make them fit I imagine that counting begins at a positive DEPTH and
> decrements, not increments, until zero is reached.  That fits this, as
> well:
>  
> "The only candidates for stopping are places where the depth in
> parentheses becomes zero; `scan-lists' counts COUNT such places and then
> stops."
>  
> Is that it?

Yep.  I've clarified this in the manual.
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