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append-items

Generic Function
Summary

Adds to the items in a collection.

Signature

append-items collection new-items

Arguments

collection

A collection.

new-items

A sequence.

Description

The generic function append-items adds the items in new-items to the collection collection .

This is logically equivalent to recalculating the collection items and calling (setf collection-items) . However, append-items is more efficient and causes less flickering on screen.

append-items can only be used when the collection has the default items-get-function svref .

See also

collection
remove-items
replace-items


LispWorks CAPI Reference Manual - 17 Mar 2008

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