GNU bug report logs - #64692
Better descriptions of Cons Cells and Dotted Notation with real-life syntax

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Message #13 received at 64692-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 64692-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, uzibalqa <uzibalqa <at> proton.me>
Subject: Re: bug#64692: Better descriptions of Cons Cells and Dotted
 Notation with real-life syntax
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:36:36 +0000

Po Lu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> In general, the construction of menus should be better described as it is currently 
>> too theoretical in the reference.
>
> The node containing your example is located in the Emacs Lisp reference
> manual, which contains two adequate descriptions of both dotted lists
> and dotted pair notation.  I see no problem here; closing.

The problem is for new users who see no need to lookup Emacs Lisp
reference.

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