From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16963: A patch to create a list-with-tail primitive. Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:51:43 +1100 Message-ID: <877fhuom68.fsf@gnus.org> References: <1394200708.1710.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456282406 11027 80.91.229.3 (24 Feb 2016 02:53:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:53:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16963@debbugs.gnu.org To: Demetrios Obenour Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 24 03:53:14 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aYPZi-0007xw-AW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 03:53:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33025 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYPZh-0007jC-Pj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:53:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50812) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYPZd-0007is-Nd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:53:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYPZZ-0000We-Mt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:53:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYPZZ-0000WS-JS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:53:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aYPZW-0001y1-4v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:53:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:53:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16963 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 16963-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16963.14562823347507 (code B ref 16963); Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:53:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16963) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Feb 2016 02:52:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41956 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aYPYk-0001x0-Le for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:52:14 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:54310) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aYPYj-0001wr-7p for 16963@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:52:13 -0500 Original-Received: from cpe-60-225-211-161.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([60.225.211.161] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1aYPYK-00067X-0B; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 03:51:48 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1394200708.1710.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> (Demetrios Obenour's message of "Fri, 07 Mar 2014 08:58:28 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1aYPYK-00067X-0B MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1456887110.14518@G6UK/v0taE+FJhDRQTW6PA X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:113634 Archived-At: Demetrios Obenour writes: > Since a comment in backquote.el said that backquote-list* needed to be a > primitive, here is an implementation of it as one, under the name > list-with-tail. [...] > -(defun cl-list* (arg &rest rest) > +(defalias 'cl-list* (symbol-function 'list*) > "Return a new list with specified ARGs as elements, consed to last Reading this bug report, there seemed to be general agreement that Emacs should have `list*', and that `cl-list*' should be an alias for it, but these patches were not applied. I can't find your name in the Emacs copyright assignment file -- would you be willing to sign a copyright assignment to the FSF? And then, could you re-spin the patches, along with changes to the lispref manual as needed (and an etc/NEWS entry)? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no