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changeset 74889:c18ed26cc2cc
(Sorting Sequences): In sort*, add a little cautionary note about the key
procedure being used heavily.
| author | Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> |
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| date | Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:07:10 +0000 |
| parents | c56608cdc7a4 |
| children | 3c0aa07a07ec |
| files | man/cl.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/cl.texi Mon Dec 25 01:04:15 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/cl.texi Mon Dec 25 01:07:10 2006 +0000 @@ -4092,7 +4092,9 @@ @noindent sorts @var{data}, a sequence of strings, into increasing alphabetical order without regard to case. A @code{:key} function of @code{car} -would be useful for sorting association lists. +would be useful for sorting association lists. It should only be a +simple accessor though, it's used heavily in the current +implementation. The @code{sort*} function is destructive; it sorts lists by actually rearranging the @code{cdr} pointers in suitable fashion.