I am often confused between the variants of the map functions: map, mapc,
mapcar, mapcan, mapcon, maplist.
The other related ones are easier because of the names: fish, filter, pick,
extract ...
Their descriptions are very much alike, differing in maybe one line. Also, when
I want to use it is hard to know which one I want, without going back to
reference and reading all the descriptions.
Is there a short one-line synposis/organization of these functions with the key
words, and/or a mnemonic that you may use to remember the differences?
e.g Apply to each element: mapc, mapcar, mapcan
Apply to CDR: map, mapcon, maplist
Return value :
Destructively concatenated list: mapcan, mapcon
Result of each application: map, mapc
List of all results: maplist, mapcar
Destructive: mapcan, mapcon
But this organization does not seem to help much .. maybe there is a better way.
Thanks
Srini
