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bug#37811: "standard GNU Emacs Lisp"
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#37811: "standard GNU Emacs Lisp" |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Oct 2019 15:53:42 +0300 |
> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 15:50:04 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: 37811@debbugs.gnu.org, nicholasdrozd@gmail.com
>
> > > Common Lisp note: Common Lisp has functions ‘union’ (which avoids
> > > duplicate elements) and ‘intersection’ for set operations.
> > > Although standard GNU Emacs Lisp does not have them, the ‘cl-lib’
> > > library provides versions. *Note (cl)Lists as Sets::.
> > >
> > > So "standard" is used here in contrast to CL. I don't think any of
> > > the proposed replacements pick up that nuance, do they?
> >
> > cl-lib is part of Emacs, but not loaded by default. I think that's what
> > standard is supposed to mean here.
>
> I see your point, but that wasn't my interpretation when I've read
> that text.
>
> Anyway, I think just dropping that word will fix the possible
> confusion.
Or maybe we should simply say this:
Common Lisp note: Common Lisp has functions ‘union’ (which avoids
duplicate elements) and ‘intersection’ for set operations. In Emacs
Lisp, variants of these facilities are provided by the ‘cl-lib’
library. *Note (cl)Lists as Sets::.