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| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2004-02-17 03:16:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2004-02-17 03:16:42 +0000 |
| commit | efb478436e5f5b09c11a93c592a657305d77f512 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b3718035ff7430497852bde687d75826f08c3c2 /lispref/lists.texi | |
| parent | 8a9825f74d0c4a1e16669e0e7ccc400ec86743db (diff) | |
(Sets And Lists): Update description of delete-dups.
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| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/lists.texi | 13 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/lists.texi b/lispref/lists.texi index 2426a4d467..e3891f8197 100644 --- a/lispref/lists.texi +++ b/lispref/lists.texi @@ -1436,16 +1436,9 @@ comparison. @defun delete-dups list This function destructively removes all @code{equal} duplicates from -@var{list} and returns the result. Of several @code{equal} -occurrences of an element in @var{list}, @code{delete-dups} keeps the -last one. - -The value of @var{list} after a call to this function is undefined. -Usually, we store the return value back in @var{list}: - -@example -(setq list (delete-dups list)) -@end example +@var{list}, stores the result in @var{list} and returns it. Of +several @code{equal} occurrences of an element in @var{list}, +@code{delete-dups} keeps the first one. @end defun See also the function @code{add-to-list}, in @ref{Setting Variables}, |