Re: Documentation for car and cdr

[Kevin Rodgers]

Alex Schroeder wrote:
> Ken Manheimer <address@hidden> writes:
>
>
> >  (car (cons 'x '(a b c))) ==> 'x
>
>
> I like examples in doc strings.  I agree with those people saying that
> people not knowing about cons cells need to be able to use C-h f and
> get something that helps them learn the language.  This is how I
> learnt the language.  I'd use the following two simple examples:
>
>     (car '(a . b)) ==> 'a
>     (car '(a b c)) ==> 'a

In all cases, the quote on the right hand side of ==> is incorrect.

Also, the notation is incorrect: see `(elisp)Evaluation Notation'

'a == (quote a) => a

Pedagogically yours,
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Kevin Rodgers