Re: Rationale for split-string?

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <monnier+gnu/address@hidden> writes:

    Stefan> As I said, the XEmacs behavior is more regular and
    Stefan> probably preferable.

Good.

How about the convenience function aspect?  Do you agree that keying
on one or more symbols for less regular, but useful, behavior is a
reasonable interface?  I would prefer to _not_ overload
`split-string', but have a second function.  I'm not wedded to that,
though.

    Stefan> Why do people assume that I'd want gross hacks in Emacs's
    Stefan> code ?

It didn't look funny, and I've fallen into the habit of taking what
you say seriously.  Should I break that habit?  :-)

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