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30.1; (elisp) `Mapping Functions"

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 30.1; (elisp) `Mapping Functions"
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:39:26 +0000

On the one hand, this doc says that functions "mapcar, mapc, mapconcat,
and mapcan, ...  map over a _list_".  On the other hand, it says that
mapcar and mapcan map over a _sequence_ (except a char table) and return
a list, and mapconcat maps over a sequence (except a char table) and
returns a sequence of chars.

"Mapping over a <TYPE>" means that TYPE is the type of input.  All of
the mapping functions documented here map over _sequences_ (that are not
char tables).  They're not limited to mapping over _lists_.  Other
mapping functions mentioned (but not doc'd) here map over other
(non-sequence, non-list) types of collections.

The first sentence of the node is general enough, saying that a mapping
function maps over "a list or other collection".  But the next sentence
is problematic.  It should be enough to fix the second sentence (e.g.
by changing "list" to "sequence"; the rest of the node is OK.


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