; Consistently call alists "association list"

* doc/lispref/compile.texi (Compiler Errors):
* doc/misc/gnus.texi (Score File Format):
* etc/NEWS.24:
* lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el (with-suppressed-warnings):
* lisp/progmodes/gdb-mi.el (gdb-threads-list)
(gdb-breakpoints-list, gdb-place-breakpoints): Prefer the term
"association list" for alists.

diff --git a/doc/lispref/compile.texi b/doc/lispref/compile.texi
index d1d281d7094daa1e2887405532f1363cdd9dd856..3e3973499952ca99a876c300e6c241c3d4745ed1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/compile.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/compile.texi
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ using the @code{with-suppressed-warnings} macro:
 @defspec with-suppressed-warnings warnings body@dots{}
 In execution, this is equivalent to @code{(progn @var{body}...)}, but
 the compiler does not issue warnings for the specified conditions in
-@var{body}.  @var{warnings} is an associative list of warning symbols
+@var{body}.  @var{warnings} is an association list of warning symbols
 and function/variable symbols they apply to.  For instance, if you
 wish to call an obsolete function called @code{foo}, but want to
 suppress the compilation warning, say:

diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index 10f7bd94f7e1697f4e7f1ca1689ca98f879765d5..94c75ed30c3c15e42efef8c90c0155e29522d983 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -20564,7 +20564,7 @@ returned value is required to be an integer.
 (score-fn (custom-scoring))
 @end example
 
-The user-defined function is called with an associative list with the
+The user-defined function is called with an association list with the
 keys @code{number subject from date id refs chars lines xref extra}
 followed by the article's score before the function is run.
 

diff --git a/etc/NEWS.24 b/etc/NEWS.24
index 8ef479ac0aa380fffa415a590d222ec1e9bbd45f..31e48f9acad16a4f7e8830516e24760e439436e2 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS.24
+++ b/etc/NEWS.24
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ related to that keyword.
 
 *** The format of 'archive-contents' files, generated by package
 repositories, has changed to allow a new (fifth) element in the data
-vectors, containing an associative list with extra properties.
+vectors, containing an association list with extra properties.
 (For example, 'describe-package' uses the ':url' extra property to
 display a "Homepage" header.)
 

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el
index a33808ab92d171b1e5c382b7ca0eec3916e7920c..1babf3ec2c4ec83017e7f569a8e5b2a4d370166a 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ enabled."
 (defmacro with-suppressed-warnings (warnings &rest body)
   "Like `progn', but prevents compiler WARNINGS in BODY.
 
-WARNINGS is an associative list where the first element of each
+WARNINGS is an association list where the first element of each
 item is a warning type, and the rest of the elements in each item
 are symbols they apply to.  For instance, if you want to suppress
 byte compilation warnings about the two obsolete functions `foo'

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/gdb-mi.el b/lisp/progmodes/gdb-mi.el
index dff677e785f6059c0a286be976e07121eb29f582..e8d8f9104e48a457c946bb4fe44a60520e2f8ccf 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/progmodes/gdb-mi.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/gdb-mi.el
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ May be manually changed by user with `gdb-select-frame'.")
   "Number of selected line for main current thread.")
 
 (defvar gdb-threads-list nil
-  "Associative list of threads provided by \"-thread-info\" MI command.
+  "Association list of threads provided by \"-thread-info\" MI command.
 
 Keys are thread numbers (in strings) and values are structures as
 returned from -thread-info by `gdb-mi--partial-output'.  Updated in
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Updated in `gdb-thread-list-handler-custom'.")
 See also `gdb-running-threads-count'.")
 
 (defvar gdb-breakpoints-list nil
-  "Associative list of breakpoints provided by \"-break-list\" MI command.
+  "Association list of breakpoints provided by \"-break-list\" MI command.
 
 Keys are breakpoint numbers (in string) and values are structures
 as returned from \"-break-list\" by `gdb-mi--partial-output'
@@ -3159,7 +3159,7 @@ See `def-gdb-auto-update-handler'."
           (gdb-remove-breakpoint-icons (point-min) (point-max)))))
   (dolist (breakpoint gdb-breakpoints-list)
     (let* ((breakpoint (cdr breakpoint)) ; gdb-breakpoints-list is
-                                        ; an associative list
+                                        ; an association list
            (line (gdb-mi--field breakpoint 'line)))
       (when line
         (let ((file (gdb-mi--field breakpoint 'fullname))