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RE: [External] : Easy to add with push but not to the end of a list


From: Heime
Subject: RE: [External] : Easy to add with push but not to the end of a list
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 03:45:05 +0000

------- Original Message -------
On Monday, November 28th, 2022 at 2:43 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> 
wrote:


> > Although it is easy to add to a list using push, it currently looks
> > hideous to be able to
> > add to the end of a list. Would be appreciated if emacs could have a
> > function as simple to add to the end of a list?
> 
> 
> `add-to-list' with optional arg APPEND? 

The problem is that add-to-list enforces uniqueness.  Thusly, add-to-list is 
not 
an actual append, but a constrained append.  

> I wonder how you try to find such info. Did you even look in the Elisp 
> manual?` 
> add-to-list' is in the same node as `push', node` List Variables'.
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/List-Variables.html



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