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changeset 54047:291b91ef0840
(Sets And Lists): Update description of delete-dups.
| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> |
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| date | Tue, 17 Feb 2004 03:16:42 +0000 |
| parents | 06a097459dbe |
| children | d78e05a984ee |
| files | lispref/lists.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/lists.texi Tue Feb 17 02:26:58 2004 +0000 +++ b/lispref/lists.texi Tue Feb 17 03:16:42 2004 +0000 @@ -1436,16 +1436,9 @@ @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},