Subject: Re: problem with delete
From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net>
Date: 03 Oct 2000 06:03:17 +0000
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <3179541797008824@naggum.net>

* Frode Vatvedt Fjeld <frodef@acm.org>
| Do we agree that after the form (delete 1 foo) the exact list
| structure pointed to by foo is unknown, because the implementation
| may or may not destructively modify that list (in one of several
| possible ways)?

  How could it be _unknown_?  That would mean delete would have to do
  some weird shit to the list structure while returning the well-
  defined result.

  What are you really getting at?  This subthread got derailed because
  you made a claim that is just plain wrong.  Please ignore it, don't
  try to defend it, and get back to your real issue.

#:Erik
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