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envelope-from=drew.adams@oracle.com; helo=mx0a-00069f02.pphosted.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) See https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/82238/105 for a complete description of the doc bug (omission). The doc, at least in the Elisp manual, should explicitly mention the case where all args except the last are nil and the last is a sequence (e.g. a string) that's not a proper list. In that particular case the last argument is returned, as is - a non-list sequence. This is an exception to the otherwise correct statements that the result is a list (including perhaps a dotted list). Please read the last part of that StackExchange post, which refers to this Common Lisp doc as calling out the particular case that's missing from our doc: https://lisp-docs.github.io/cl-language-reference/chap-14/be-c-dictionary/a= ppend_function In GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 2, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2024-07-05 built on AVALON Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.19045 System Description: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (v10.0.2009.19045.4894) Configured using: 'configure --with-modules --without-dbus --with-native-compilation=3Daot --without-compress-install --with-sqlite3 --with-tree-sitter CFLAGS=3D-O2' Configured features: ACL GIF GMP GNUTLS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON LCMS2 LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY W32NOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP XPM ZLIB (NATIVE_COMP present but libgccjit not available) From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Sep 23 07:44:08 2024 Received: (at 73427-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Sep 2024 11:44:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43332 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sshU8-0008QC-Ia for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:44:08 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49096) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sshU6-0008Pl-5v for 73427-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:44:06 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sshTd-0006iD-4H; Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:43:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=THbeOc045STGjvOwkQNoKgmDWYEPGBo6aVEvIGrrXyU=; b=djmelRQ9WIEp /6l3EV0Vq8MvKAdel+oUu/NOsgvXd+tStCe6iECaAZB2P2CuPUb+q5Gn8il4SgYI+CHm2qQOlwtAL YIijyUPzdj7pDCKegxyHjIjNGe010L+K0Ij7uK7ohBXYInVSyajUTMoyDjTxCfHsv813iJUjiDO6x G02prt6G2zcLgezCImuwLn68YIPU/blL+AMSZFk5yTMfCKar8eNmfGSbrOGZUE0POI9dcmbTtUDrc mBC93l8S9Ci6kHCaePCdUo/Z8/5ArkV419SBmctZuiH4qdytv5eE5WynxF2tt7wPSHQTjj/jd+D6I kBUWHL56ySTcGBr6+uh9YA==; Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:43:33 +0300 Message-Id: <86cykuh9y2.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Drew Adams In-Reply-To: (bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org) Subject: Re: bug#73427: 29.4; Doc of `append` not quite complete/correct References: X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 73427-done Cc: 73427-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) > Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:01:06 +0000 > From: Drew Adams via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, > the Swiss army knife of text editors" > > See https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/82238/105 for a complete > description of the doc bug (omission). > > The doc, at least in the Elisp manual, should explicitly mention the > case where all args except the last are nil and the last is a sequence > (e.g. a string) that's not a proper list. > > In that particular case the last argument is returned, as is - a > non-list sequence. This is an exception to the otherwise correct > statements that the result is a list (including perhaps a dotted list). Thanks, fixed on the emacs-30 branch, and closing. From unknown Fri Sep 05 08:20:30 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:24:07 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator