|  | ANSI Common Lisp  14 Conses  14.2 Dictionary of Conses 
 
 Syntax:
cons
object-1 object-2
   cons 
Arguments and Values:
object-1 - an object.
object-2 - an object.
 
cons - a cons.
 
Description:
Creates a fresh cons, the car of which is object-1
and the cdr of which is object-2.
Examples:
 (cons 1 2)  (1 . 2)
 (cons 1 nil)  (1)
 (cons nil 2)  (NIL . 2)
 (cons nil nil)  (NIL)
 (cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 (cons 4 nil))))  (1 2 3 4)
 (cons 'a 'b)  (A . B)
 (cons 'a (cons 'b (cons 'c '())))  (A B C)
 (cons 'a '(b c d))  (A B C D) 
 
See Also:
list
Notes:
If object-2 is a list, cons can be thought of as
producing a new list which is like it but has object-1 prepended.
Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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