# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1078420096 0 # Node ID 9fd3a94524ebae2396a2397d6244bc81fd6ca32b # Parent 41fd82e27495f813b5163f9fa29da3bcaa27c3f7 (Building Lists): Minor clarification. diff -r 41fd82e27495 -r 9fd3a94524eb lispref/lists.texi --- a/lispref/lists.texi Thu Mar 04 17:06:50 2004 +0000 +++ b/lispref/lists.texi Thu Mar 04 17:08:16 2004 +0000 @@ -448,11 +448,11 @@ code for Emacs than @code{cons}. @defun cons object1 object2 -This function is the fundamental function for building new list +This function is the most basic function for building new list structure. It creates a new cons cell, making @var{object1} the -@sc{car}, and @var{object2} the @sc{cdr}. It then returns the new cons -cell. The arguments @var{object1} and @var{object2} may be any Lisp -objects, but most often @var{object2} is a list. +@sc{car}, and @var{object2} the @sc{cdr}. It then returns the new +cons cell. The arguments @var{object1} and @var{object2} may be any +Lisp objects, but most often @var{object2} is a list. @example @group