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Re: bug in setf documentation
- To: "smh@mit-ems"@mit-mc.ARPA
- Subject: Re: bug in setf documentation
- From: Masinter.pa@PARC-GW.ARPA
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 84 21:49:00 GMT
- Cc: franz-friends@Berkeley
- In-reply-to: <"smh@mit-ems"@mit-mc.ARPA>'s message of 24 Mar 84 14:36:31 EST
- Original-date: 26 Mar 84 13:49 PST
in Interlisp, the thing which corresponds to SETF is "change".
(change (CAR X) mumble) translates to
(CAR (RPLACA X mumble))
The compiler actually optimizes away the CAR in the case that the value
is not used, so this only costs if you depend on the value.
One could implement this in a different way, but having SETF or change
or whatever guarantee the value returned seems reasonable to me; if you
can't guarantee it, then make it NIL or no value.