From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:07:10 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Sorting Sequences): In sort*, add a little cautionary note about the key
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(Sorting Sequences): In sort*, add a little cautionary note about the key
procedure being used heavily.
---

diff --git a/man/cl.texi b/man/cl.texi
index 56f81bb3947..2c357f5fec6 100644
--- a/man/cl.texi
+++ b/man/cl.texi
@@ -4092,7 +4092,9 @@ fed to the @var{predicate} function.  For example,
 @noindent
 sorts @var{data}, a sequence of strings, into increasing alphabetical
 order without regard to case.  A @code{:key} function of @code{car}
-would be useful for sorting association lists.
+would be useful for sorting association lists.  It should only be a
+simple accessor though, it's used heavily in the current
+implementation.
 
 The @code{sort*} function is destructive; it sorts lists by actually
 rearranging the @code{cdr} pointers in suitable fashion.