Re: Internationalize Emacs's messages (swahili)

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Actually, AFAICT this all started from:
>
>     (not (null (cdr deleted))) would avoid traversing the entire list,
>     but it wouldn't be easier to read.
>
> which doesn't actually demonstrate a need for "speed optimisation", but
> rather a need to avoid extra work (which could lead to real performance
> problems when the list is long), so the ELisp implementation seems to
> fit the bill ("avoid traversing the entire list" while being "easier to
> read").

Well, it started from (< (length list) ...), and the not-null-cdr was
mooted as a faster, but less readable solution.

A Lisp function would be slower (in many cases), but more readable.

I'm proposing a solution that's faster, and more readable.

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