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emacs-29 1dd751c3ac: ; Improve documentation of 'proper-list-p'
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Eli Zaretskii |
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emacs-29 1dd751c3ac: ; Improve documentation of 'proper-list-p' |
Date: |
Sun, 5 Feb 2023 08:16:26 -0500 (EST) |
branch: emacs-29
commit 1dd751c3ac4e4276b461b83df7d9c4d002cf016e
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
; Improve documentation of 'proper-list-p'
* doc/lispref/lists.texi (Cons Cells): Add cross-reference
to 'proper-list-p' documentation.
---
doc/lispref/lists.texi | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/lists.texi b/doc/lispref/lists.texi
index 454fd217ac..f3758f5ce6 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/lists.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/lists.texi
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ circular or dotted. If a program doesn't look far enough
down the
list to see the @sc{cdr} of the final cons cell, it won't care.
However, some functions that operate on lists demand proper lists and
signal errors if given a dotted list. Most functions that try to find
-the end of a list enter infinite loops if given a circular list.
+the end of a list enter infinite loops if given a circular list. You
+can use the function @code{proper-list-p}, described in the next
+section (@pxref{List-related Predicates, proper-list-p}), to determine
+whether a list is a proper one.
@cindex list structure
Because most cons cells are used as part of lists, we refer to any
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