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bug#21782: 25.0.50; New functions nfront/front
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Tino Calancha |
Subject: |
bug#21782: 25.0.50; New functions nfront/front |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:10:00 +0900 (JST) |
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Alpine 2.20 (LRH 67 2015-01-07) |
Thank you.
I agree with your 3 points.
1) Clearly replicate functionality
2) Yes, the prefix prevent to pollute.
3) Agree.
My main concern is why seq-take is not auloaded at the start of the
session. Its natural to have loaded such function always.
Anyway thank you very much.
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015, Artur Malabarba wrote:
On 30 Oct 2015 2:53 am, "Constantino Calancha" <f92capac@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why i need to pollute my global space with all seq.el just to use this
> fundamental operation on a list?
I think, overall, sticking to seq-take has a smaller cost/benefit ratio than
adding nfront. I state my logic below.
These points are all a little subjective. So if you disagree and think that
the slider falls closer to the other side, we can wait to hear more opinions
(though at least Michael seems to
agree).
1. While nfront is not identical to seq-take, it's similar enough that this
would just be replicating functionality, which is ultimately a maintenance
burden.
2. Seq is not a huge lib, so you're not polluting that much. Furthermore, all its
functions are prefixed by "seq-", so you're polluting even less. Lastly, seq
was added to core
specifically with the purpose of being the goto sequences lib (and it's been
doing that fine), so it wouldn't make sense to circumvent it now.
3. I'm of the opinion that we should be adding namespace prefixes as much as
possible. Unprefixed names pollute much more and are harder to find.
In any case, thanks for the suggestion.
bug#21782: 25.0.50; New functions nfront/front, Tino Calancha, 2015/10/29
bug#21782: 25.0.50; New functions nfront/front, Richard Stallman, 2015/10/29
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