@defun remassoc key alist
This function deletes by side effect any associations with key @var{key}
-in @var{alist} -- i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
+in @var{alist}---i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
@code{car} is @code{equal} to @var{key}. The modified @var{alist} is
returned.
@defun remassq key alist
This function deletes by side effect any associations with key @var{key}
-in @var{alist} -- i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
+in @var{alist}---i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
@code{car} is @code{eq} to @var{key}. The modified @var{alist} is
returned.
@defun remrassoc value alist
This function deletes by side effect any associations with value @var{value}
-in @var{alist} -- i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
+in @var{alist}---i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
@code{cdr} is @code{equal} to @var{value}. The modified @var{alist} is
returned.
@defun remrassq value alist
This function deletes by side effect any associations with value @var{value}
-in @var{alist} -- i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
+in @var{alist}---i.e. it removes any elements from @var{alist} whose
@code{cdr} is @code{eq} to @var{value}. The modified @var{alist} is
returned.
In the following functions, if optional arg @var{nil-means-not-present}
is non-@code{nil}, then a property with a @code{nil} value is ignored or
removed. This feature is a virus that has infected old Lisp
-implementations (and thus E-Lisp, due to @sc{RMS}'s enamorment with old
+implementations (and thus E-Lisp, due to @sc{rms}'s enamorment with old
Lisps), but should not be used except for backward compatibility.
@defun plists-eq a b &optional nil-means-not-present
In the following functions, if optional arg @var{nil-means-not-present}
is non-@code{nil}, then a property with a @code{nil} value is ignored or
removed. This feature is a virus that has infected old Lisp
-implementations (and thus E-Lisp, due to @sc{RMS}'s enamorment with old
+implementations (and thus E-Lisp, due to @sc{rms}'s enamorment with old
Lisps), but should not be used except for backward compatibility.
@defun lax-plists-eq a b &optional nil-means-not-present
done with the elements, they will automatically disappear from the list.
Weak lists are used internally, for example, to manage the list holding
-the children of an extent -- an extent that is unused but has a parent
+the children of an extent---an extent that is unused but has a parent
will still be reclaimed, and will automatically be removed from its
parent's list of children.