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[PATCH] doc: Recommend alist-copy instead of list-copy.

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From: Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz>
To: 71047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz>
Subject: bug#71047: [PATCH] doc: Recommend alist-copy instead of list-copy.
Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 00:47:07 +0200

The current recommendation of `list-copy' is not right and does not lead
to preserving the original list:

    scheme@(guile-user)> (define x (list (cons 'a 1) (cons 'b 2)))
    scheme@(guile-user)> (define y (list-copy x))
    scheme@(guile-user)> (assq-set! y 'b 3)
    $1 = ((a . 1) (b . 3))
    scheme@(guile-user)> x
    $2 = ((a . 1) (b . 3))

Correct approach seems to be use `alist-copy' from SRFI-1 leading to the
expected behavior of:

    scheme@(guile-user)> ,use (srfi srfi-1)
    scheme@(guile-user)> (define x (list (cons 'a 1) (cons 'b 2)))
    scheme@(guile-user)> (define y (alist-copy x))
    scheme@(guile-user)> (assq-set! y 'b 3)
    $1 = ((a . 1) (b . 3))
    scheme@(guile-user)> x
    $2 = ((a . 1) (b . 2))

* doc/ref/api-data.texi (Adding or Setting Alist Entries): Recommend
`alist-copy'.
---
 doc/ref/api-data.texi | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/ref/api-data.texi b/doc/ref/api-data.texi
index 3b9933d97..81552dec3 100644
--- a/doc/ref/api-data.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-data.texi
@@ -9509,7 +9509,7 @@ difference to you.
 If you need to keep the old value of an association list in a form
 independent from the list that results from modification by
 @code{acons}, @code{assq-set!}, @code{assv-set!} or @code{assoc-set!},
-use @code{list-copy} to copy the old association list before modifying
+use @code{alist-copy} to copy the old association list before modifying
 it.
 
 @deffn {Scheme Procedure} acons key value alist
-- 
2.41.0

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