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24.5; contradiction in info

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From: Gary <gary <at> boltav.plus.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.5; contradiction in info
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 22:55:05 +0100

The info section Recursive Pattern: _accumulate_ states:

'This is very like the ‘every’ pattern using ‘cons’, except that
‘cons’ is not used, but some other combiner.'

The example link 'Making a List of Files' uses cons to accumulate a list
of files.

I realize this is a low priority minor detail but it could cause
confusion for a novice. It certainly confused me. I have looked for
whether there is somewhere else to report problems with info, also whether to delete the preamble of this email - didn't
find anything - so I've left it as it is.



In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.23)
 of 2015-04-12 on glook2
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Message #8 received at 21589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Gary <gary <at> boltav.plus.com>
Cc: 21589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21589: 24.5; contradiction in info
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 19:44:55 -0400

Gary wrote:

> The info section Recursive Pattern: _accumulate_ states:
>
> 'This is very like the 'every' pattern using 'cons', except that
> 'cons' is not used, but some other combiner.'
>
> The example link 'Making a List of Files' uses cons to accumulate a list
> of files.

The recursive function call (which is what the section "Recursive
Patterns" is about) in files-in-below-directory uses "append", not cons.
cons happens to be used elsewhere in the function. It says right before
the files-in-below-directory definition that it uses "append".
So personally speaking I don't find it confusing.

Message #11 received at 21589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gary <gary <at> boltav.plus.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 21589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21589: 24.5; contradiction in info
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:07:53 +0100

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Hi Glenn

thanks for your quick reply.  I see what you mean, the append is further 
down and I was looking at the code following this comment where it says 
'append' (line 3 below) and then uses cons (line 6). On the other hand 
being a new user, I NEED to read the manual whereas I'm guessing you 
don't. :)

cheers

Gary

 (cond
            ;; check to see whether filename ends in `.el'
            ;; and if so, append its name to a list.
            ((equal ".el" (substring (car (car current-directory-list)) 
-3))
             (setq el-files-list
                   (cons (car (car current-directory-list)) 
el-files-list)))
            ;; check whether filename is that of a directory
            ((eq t (car (cdr (car current-directory-list))))
             ;; decide whether to skip or recurse

On 30/09/15 00:44, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Gary wrote:
>
>> The info section Recursive Pattern: _accumulate_ states:
>>
>> 'This is very like the 'every' pattern using 'cons', except that
>> 'cons' is not used, but some other combiner.'
>>
>> The example link 'Making a List of Files' uses cons to accumulate a list
>> of files.
> The recursive function call (which is what the section "Recursive
> Patterns" is about) in files-in-below-directory uses "append", not cons.
> cons happens to be used elsewhere in the function. It says right before
> the files-in-below-directory definition that it uses "append".
> So personally speaking I don't find it confusing.
>

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Message #14 received at 21589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: 21589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Gary <gary <at> boltav.plus.com>, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#21589: 24.5; contradiction in info
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 23:53:06 -0400

> thanks for your quick reply.  I see what you mean, the append is
> further down and I was looking at the code following this comment
> where it says 'append' (line 3 below) and then uses cons (line 6).

So it seems like the problem is just that the comment is wrong?
(clearly that not code is not appending, the new item is being added
at the front)

diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index 10162b3..86c8da0 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -15465,7 +15465,7 @@ Files List
 @group
       (cond
        ;; check to see whether filename ends in '.el'
-       ;; and if so, append its name to a list.
+       ;; and if so, add its name to a list.
        ((equal ".el" (substring (car (car current-directory-list)) -3))
         (setq el-files-list
               (cons (car (car current-directory-list)) el-files-list)))

Message #17 received at 21589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: 21589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Gary <gary <at> boltav.plus.com>, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#21589: 24.5; contradiction in info
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:10:48 -0400

tags 21589 fixed
close 21589 25.1
quit

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> writes:

>> thanks for your quick reply.  I see what you mean, the append is
>> further down and I was looking at the code following this comment
>> where it says 'append' (line 3 below) and then uses cons (line 6).
>
> So it seems like the problem is just that the comment is wrong?

I will assume yes, fixed in b443c3c7.

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