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bug#50110: 26.3; Doc of `assoc': TESTFN optional arg
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#50110: 26.3; Doc of `assoc': TESTFN optional arg |
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Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:50:06 +0300 |
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:36:11 +0000
>
> Neither the `assoc' doc string nor the Elisp manual, node `Association
> Lists' explains the order of the args that get passed to TESTFN.
It's a function that tests 2 objects for equality, so why does the
order matter?
> It's just as reasonable to expect that the pattern is the first arg to
> TESTFN, instead of, as is actually the case, the second arg.
There's no "pattern" in the doc string, so I don't think I understand
what you are describing here.