GNU bug report logs - #24875
26.0.50; In Dotted Pair Notation, the read function returns CDR if CAR is absent

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Chunyang Xu <mail <at> xuchunyang.me>

Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 15:40:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 26.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Chunyang Xu <mail <at> xuchunyang.me>, 24875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24875: 26.0.50; In Dotted Pair Notation, the read function returns CDR if CAR is absent
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 09:00:52 -0700 (PDT)

Indeed.  This is not "normal" (usual) Lisp behavior.
It seems quite bizarre - unexpected, to say the least.

If this is intentional for Emacs Lisp then the Emacs-Lisp
doc should both (1) describe this behavior and (2) give the
rationale behind it.
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