GNU bug report logs - #1381
23.0.60; capitalization of car and cdr in the doc

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 1381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org,
        bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#1381: 23.0.60; capitalization of car and cdr in the doc
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:43:06 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: <1381 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>, <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>,
>         <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:28:22 -0800
> 
> But just to clarify, did you also mean that "car" and "cons" should not be
> lowercase?

I don't know.  I guess I'm not enough of a Lisper to have an opinion
on that.  I hoped that Richard will respond to that.

> Let's try to separate the issue of how @sc should be rendered from how car and
> cdr should be represented. Thx.

One problem with saying just "car" is that it could be confused to
mean an automobile.  (I'm serious.)

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