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changeset 9535:a2908d5da32a
(add-to-list): Doc fix.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 14 Oct 1994 23:50:35 +0000 |
| parents | 323dc8f5028a |
| children | ecaa7babab17 |
| files | lisp/subr.el |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/subr.el Fri Oct 14 20:19:27 1994 +0000 +++ b/lisp/subr.el Fri Oct 14 23:50:35 1994 +0000 @@ -712,7 +712,12 @@ (set-default hook hook-value))))) (defun add-to-list (list-var element) - "Add to the value of LIST-VAR the element ELEMENT if it isn't there yet." + "Add to the value of LIST-VAR the element ELEMENT if it isn't there yet. +If you want to use `add-to-list' on a variable that is not defined +until a certain package is loaded, you should put the call to `add-to-list' +into a hook function that will be run only after loading the package. +`eval-after-load' provides one way to do this. In some cases +other hooks, such as major mode hooks, can do the job." (or (member element (symbol-value list-var)) (set list-var (cons element (symbol-value list-var)))))