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bug#21305: 25.0.50; `get-buffer-window-list' doc - what order?


From: martin rudalics
Subject: bug#21305: 25.0.50; `get-buffer-window-list' doc - what order?
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:33:46 +0200

> FWIW, I think adding an argument for that is a bad idea.  If the caller
> needs the windows sorted in a particular way, then *he* should
> sort them.
>
> It would make sense to provide sorting directly in the function if the
> sorting can't be done, or not as efficiently, after the fact.
> But that is not the case here.

If I want to write or provide functions like ‘mru-window-for-buffer’ or
‘lru-window-for-buffer’, then such a function could easily use the car
of `get-buffer-window-list' called with the appropriate argument.  So I
don't see why adding an argument would be a "bad idea".

martin






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