English Dictionary

cons

/ˈkɑnz/

verb

(programming) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

She cons her way into getting what she wants.

意味（1）

(programming) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

This version of length arises naturally from the recursive definition of a list: “a list is either the empty list or an element consed onto another list.”