Subject: Re: Two Questions From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: 16 Dec 2000 15:11:01 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3185968261469225@naggum.net> * SRS <srs43@my-deja.com> | Firstly, why is the function last not an accessor? Because (setf (last x n)) == (setf (cdr (last x (1+ n)))) in the specific case where you can modify the cdr of the cons pointing to the last cons because (last x n) is different from (last x (1+ n)). When they return the same value, you have a problem. Besides, you aren't asking for last, but rest or cdr and both of those are certainly accessors in the language. Maybe they aren't in your implementation, but if so, that's a reportable non-conformance bug. #:Erik -- The United States of America, soon a Bush league world power. Yeee-haw!