Re: plist-put: destructive?

[Stefan Monnier]

> The code I'm working has many repeated clauses looking like:
>
> (when thing1
>   (setq the-plist (plist-put the-plist :thing thing1)))

FWIW, I've found that such code can often advantageously be turned
into a non-side-effecting form like:

   (let ((the-plist
          (nconc
           (when thing1 (list :key1 thing1))
           (when thing2 (list :key2 thing2))
           ...)))


-- Stefan