Subject: Re: delete? From: Erik Naggum <clerik@naggum.no> Date: 1998/01/25 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3094694471896591@naggum.no> * Hartmann Schaffer | Delete returns a list with the object deletet. It doesn't change the | argument list. please, don't post half-correct answers. it is REMOVE that does not change the argument value¹, while DELETE must be expected to do so. ¹ REMOVE and DELETE work on sequences. e.g., (delete #\e "makeunbound") #:Erik -- The year "98" was new 1900 years ago. | Help fight MULE in GNU Emacs 20! Be year 2000 compliant, write "1998"! | http://sourcery.naggum.no/emacs/