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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Message #14 received at 24875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: 'Drew Adams'
 <IMCEAORCL-drew+2Eadams+40oracle+2Ecom <at> namprd10.prod.outlook.com>, Chunyang
 Xu <mail <at> xuchunyang.me>, "24875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <24875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#24875: 26.0.50; In Dotted Pair Notation, the read function
 returns CDR if CAR is absent
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 15:04:03 +0000

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

ping.  Can this please be addressed?

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