Re: If records are not sequences, why does aref work on records?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 00:42:57 -0700
> Cc: Emacs developers <address@hidden>
> 
> Noam Postavsky wrote:
> > having copy-record would still be a good idea, as it helps
> > show the intent better.
> 
> If we go that route, for consistency shouldn't Emacs also have aref-record 
> and 
> aref-byte-code-function as aliases for 'aref'?

Let me remind you that this kind of "literal" consistency was never a
goal in Emacs development.  It's one of the first lessons I got from
RMS years ago; I'm sure you've heard that as well at some point.  We
make stuff consistent where it makes sense, but not everywhere.