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Re: Always-true predicate?
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Robert Pluim |
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Re: Always-true predicate? |
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Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:52:55 +0100 |
>>>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:39:01 -0500, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> said:
Richard> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider
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>> Would it make sense to add a function that's exactly the opposite of
>> `ignore' (for symmetry and convenience)? If so, what would it be
>> called?
Richard> Is there real use for it? Is it useful often enough that
Richard> (lambda (&rest ignore) t) won't suffice?
Sometimes you just want to return t, and writing out the lambda is
verbose and tedious. We have #'ignore, what's wrong with
#'pretend-to-pay-attention?
Robert
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