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changeset 8669:62d1138d10de
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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 30 Aug 1994 19:32:53 +0000 |
| parents | 011660f7aae9 |
| children | 1b4786e3de7a |
| files | lispref/tips.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/tips.texi Tue Aug 30 07:20:23 1994 +0000 +++ b/lispref/tips.texi Tue Aug 30 19:32:53 1994 +0000 @@ -163,6 +163,15 @@ these functions with one or two lines of simple Lisp code. @item +Use lists rather than vectors, except when there is a particular reason +to use a vector. Lisp has more facilities for manipulating lists than +for vectors, and working with lists is usually more convenient. + +Vectors are advantageous for tables that are substantial in size and are +accessed in random order (not searched front to back), provided there is +no need to insert or delete elements (only lists allow that). + +@item The recommended way to print a message in the echo area is with the @code{message} function, not @code{princ}. @xref{The Echo Area}.