From b7a084f6f097da87195342e4493a146b077458b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Love Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:58:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] expurgate last* --- man/cl.texi | 27 +++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/cl.texi b/man/cl.texi index 93923fc5914..1d76bac5438 100644 --- a/man/cl.texi +++ b/man/cl.texi @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ defun* defsubst* defmacro* function* member* assoc* rassoc* get* remove* delete* mapcar* sort* floor* ceiling* truncate* round* -mod* rem* random* last* +mod* rem* random* @end example Internal function and variable names in the package are prefixed @@ -3795,10 +3795,11 @@ that it passes in the list pointers themselves rather than the @end defun @defun mapc function seq &rest more-seqs -This function is like @code{mapcar*}, except that the values -returned by @var{function} are ignored and thrown away rather -than being collected into a list. The return value of @code{mapc} -is @var{seq}, the first sequence. +This function is like @code{mapcar*}, except that the values returned +by @var{function} are ignored and thrown away rather than being +collected into a list. The return value of @code{mapc} is @var{seq}, +the first sequence. This function is more general than the Emacs +primitive @code{mapc}. @end defun @defun mapl function list &rest more-lists @@ -4147,7 +4148,7 @@ a merged sequence which is (stably) sorted according to The functions described here operate on lists. @menu -* List Functions:: `caddr', `first', `last*', `list*', etc. +* List Functions:: `caddr', `first', `list*', etc. * Substitution of Expressions:: `subst', `sublis', etc. * Lists as Sets:: `member*', `adjoin', `union', etc. * Association Lists:: `assoc*', `rassoc*', `acons', `pairlis' @@ -4193,20 +4194,6 @@ with @code{nil}), this function returns @code{nil}. (The regular @code{length} function would get stuck if given a circular list.) @end defun -@defun last* x &optional n -This function returns the last cons, or the @var{n}th-to-last cons, -of the list @var{x}. If @var{n} is omitted it defaults to 1. -The ``last cons'' means the first cons cell of the list whose -@code{cdr} is not another cons cell. (For normal lists, the -@code{cdr} of the last cons will be @code{nil}.) This function -returns @code{nil} if @var{x} is @code{nil} or shorter than -@var{n}. Note that the last @emph{element} of the list is -@code{(car (last @var{x}))}. - -The Emacs function @code{last} does the same thing -except that it does not handle the optional argument @var{n}. -@end defun - @defun list* arg &rest others This function constructs a list of its arguments. The final argument becomes the @code{cdr} of the last cell constructed. -- 2.39.2