GNU bug report logs - #34708
alist-get has unclear documentation

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Reported by: "Miguel V. S. Frasson" <mvsfrasson <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 04:52:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

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Message #92 received at 34708 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>, 34708 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34708: alist-get has unclear documentation
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:38:46 +0100

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

> OK.  Put it differently: it's worth documenting that updating an alist
> entry with `setf' is a "destructive" operation: it can change list
> structure.  Dunno whether that is already said somewhere, but even if
> it is, a reminder wouldn't hurt.

But isn't that trivial?  How else could we add associations?

Michael.
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