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(Setting Variables): Correct and clarify description of `add-to-ordered-list'.

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This function sets the variable @var{symbol} by inserting
@var{element} into the old value, which must be a list, at the
position specified by @var{order}.  If @var{element} is already a
member of the list, its position in the list is adjusted according
to @var{order}.  Membership is tested using @code{eq}.
The valued returned is the resulting list, whether updated or not.

The @var{order} is a number, and the elements on list are sorted in
increasing numerical order.  Elements without a numeric list order are
placed at the end of @var{symbol}.

The argument @var{symbol} is not implicitly quoted;
@code{add-to-ordered-list} is an ordinary function, like @code{set}
and unlike @code{setq}.  Quote the argument yourself if that is what
you want.

The ordering information is stored in an alist on @var{symbol}'s
@code{list-order} property.
@end defun

Here's a scenario showing how to use @code{add-to-ordered-list}:

     @result{} (a c b)

(add-to-ordered-list 'foo 'd)       ;; @r{Append @code{d}.}
     @result{} (a c b d)

(add-to-ordered-list 'foo 'b 2)     ;; @r{Move @code{b}.}
     @result{} (a b c d)

foo                       ;; @r{@code{foo} was changed.}
     @result{} (a b c d)
@end example

@node Variable Scoping
@section Scoping Rules for Variable Bindings

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This function sets the variable @var{symbol} by inserting
@var{element} into the old value, which must be a list, at the
position specified by @var{order}.  If @var{element} is already a
member of the list, its position in the list is adjusted according
to @var{order}.  Membership is tested using @code{eq}.
This function returns the resulting list, whether updated or not.

The @var{order} is typically a number (integer or float), and the
elements of the list are sorted in non-decreasing numerical order.

@var{order} may also be omitted or @code{nil}.  Then the numeric order
of @var{element} stays unchanged if it already has one; otherwise,
@var{element} has no numeric order.  Elements without a numeric list
order are placed at the end of the list, in no particular order.

Any other value for @var{order} removes the numeric order of @var{element}
if it already has one; otherwise, it is equivalent to @code{nil}.

The argument @var{symbol} is not implicitly quoted;
@code{add-to-ordered-list} is an ordinary function, like @code{set}
and unlike @code{setq}.  Quote the argument yourself if that is what
you want.

The ordering information is stored in a hash table on @var{symbol}'s
@code{list-order} property.
@end defun

Here's a scenario showing how to use @code{add-to-ordered-list}:

     @result{} (a c b)

(add-to-ordered-list 'foo 'd)       ;; @r{Append @code{d}.}
     @result{} (a c b d)

(add-to-ordered-list 'foo 'e)       ;; @r{Add @code{e}}.
     @result{} (a c b e d)

foo                       ;; @r{@code{foo} was changed.}
     @result{} (a c b e d)
@end example

@node Variable Scoping
@section Scoping Rules for Variable Bindings