RE: (append)

["Reynolds, Gregg" <greynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you appending a list to a number, instead of to a list?  Maybe:
(list (+ (element-number (ancestor .. etc.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chris Maden [SMTP:crism@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Thursday, June 18, 1998 2:29 PM
> To:	dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	(append)
> 
> 8.5.3.10 of DSSSL says:
> 
>    (append list ...)
>    
>    Returns a list consisting of the elements of the first list
>    followed by the elements of the other lists.
>    
>    EXAMPLE 35
> [...]
>    (append '(a) '(b c d))     =>   (a b c d)
> 
> So how come this:
> 
> (format-number-list (append (element-number-list (list "appendix"
>                                                        "sect1")
>                                                  (current-node))
>                             (+ (element-number (ancestor "sect2"))
>                                refentrys))
>                     '("A"
>                       "1"
>                       "1")
>                     ".")
> 
> causes Jade to return
> 
> jade:/usr/local/prod/sgml/dsssl/db2html.dsl:2436:53:E: 1st argument
> for primitive "format-number-list" of wrong type: "(3 3 . 151)" not a
> list
> 
> Now, I'm not sure why I'm getting "151", but I can worry about the
> value of the number later.  I'm more concerned that (append) appears
> to be creating a pair instead of a list.[*]  Am I doing something
> obviously wrong?  Am I doing something not-so-obviously wrong?
> 
> (If you're wondering, refentrys is the number of <refentry>s that are
> previous siblings of the current <sect2>, so that it they can be
> numbered continuously.)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris
> 
> [*] Yes, I know that a list is strictly a series of nested pairs.  In
> this case, they don't seem to have nested properly.
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