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Article #98336Documentation error for elt
From: Per Cederqvist
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1991 03:36
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1991 03:36
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GNU Emacs 18.57.3 of Sat Jun 8 1991 on lysator (berkeley-unix)
The info node "(elisp)Sequence Functions" states that:
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* Function: elt SEQUENCE INDEX
This function returns the element of SEQUENCE indexed by INDEX.
Legitimate values of INDEX are integers ranging from 0 up to one
less than the length of SEQUENCE; other values produce an
`args-out-of-range' error.
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I don't get an error message when SEQUENCE is a list, no matter how
big INDEX is:
(elt '(1 2 3) 17)
=> nil
(elt nil 0)
=> nil
Either the info file or the actual behaviour of elt is wrong.
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Per Cederqvist, Lysator Computer Club, University of Linkoping, Sweden
Email: ceder@lysator.liu.se
Phone: +46 13 26 09 17 "CVS - Check It Out!"
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