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Re: Reference to ‘alist’ in Emacs Lisp Manual without previous explanati
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Pankaj Jangid |
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Re: Reference to ‘alist’ in Emacs Lisp Manual without previous explanation |
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Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:52:48 +0530 |
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> sequencially. Found reference to ‘alist’ in section 2.4.12 Hash Table
>> Type without any previous explanation.
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>> Either a brief summary should be provided before this, probably near
>> 2.4.6 Cons Cell and List Types or a cross-reference should be added.
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> If you are reading the manual in order, you should have read 2.4.6.3
> "Association List Type", where "alist" is explained, before you got to
> 2.4.12. How come you didn't see that?
I missed it completely while reading. Completely my fault. The manual is
absolute truth.