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(proper-list-p '#1=(a #1#)) => 2. It should return nil.

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Message #29 received at 62037 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ruijie Yu <ruijie <at> netyu.xyz>
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, philipk <at> posteo.net, 62037 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62037: (proper-list-p '#1=(a #1#)) => 2. It should return nil.
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:50:15 +0300

> Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, 62037 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:29:13 +0800
> From:  Ruijie Yu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Again, I find it problematic that there are two related definitions of
> "circular", and the first search result for "circular" under Elisp info
> manual is (info "(elisp) Circular Objects"), which is not what is
> intended for `proper-list-p'.

How did you search?  If you type "i circular RET", the first hit lands
you in "Cons Cells", where both "circular list" and proper-list-p are
described.  So I don't think I understand what you mean by "the first
search result".

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