From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13082: 24.3.50; Enhancement request: let `compare-strings', like `string-lessp', accept symbols Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 10:35:01 +0200 Message-ID: <87k0nfgv2i.fsf@gnus.org> References: <46B8876E12954F7B8B6F56E227019DCA@us.oracle.com> <87shy563gj.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33876"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 13082@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon May 31 10:36:15 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lndPC-0008b2-KY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 10:36:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34674 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lndPB-00071F-N2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 04:36:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42864) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lndP0-00070p-ET for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 04:36:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49478) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lndP0-0002Pp-5k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 04:36:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lndP0-0002zj-2n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 04:36:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 08:36:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13082 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 13082-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13082.162245011211426 (code B ref 13082); Mon, 31 May 2021 08:36:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13082) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 May 2021 08:35:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32787 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lndOC-0002yD-C8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 04:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:57476) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lndO9-0002xt-Vw for 13082@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 May 2021 04:35:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=8eKSjdbH8vQFNRhIFHTQC+BfEqUyxP/oKc/j/9tqBf0=; b=G5RcwCOYwuv6TiUJe0T+u7fF27 D8UyztATVDMw0bEhan7kZc34O4sSX3YIa1eumvcAvUO/OnWecLusZgV37zKRhVjwVET7bZfL1jsTj BYbQkdEAOGp0Q+iYbjRTA8IHQ9g+uP++ZSbuoEDoov2ivauvsheAfhxPH0TluSJ1mhWM=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.220.105.getinternet.no ([84.212.220.105] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lndO1-0007VS-GG; Mon, 31 May 2021 10:35:03 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Neneh Cherry's _Raw Like Sushi (1)_: "Heart (It's A Demo)" In-Reply-To: <87shy563gj.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 28 Apr 2016 19:35:56 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:207687 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > "Drew Adams" writes: > >> Not important, but why not let `compare-strings', like `string-lessp', >> accept a symbol for either of its string parameters? > > I think that makes sense. There's no ambiguity here, and I like being > able to use symbols more without converting. Thinking about this for five more years, I don't think extending this function to take symbols would help that much. The signature is: (compare-strings STR1 START1 END1 STR2 START2 END2 &optional IGNORE-CASE) So the function isn't really for comparing strings, but comparing string prefixes. Looking at the Emacs tree, comparing symbol name prefixes doesn't seem to happen a lot, so I think complicating the signature this way wouldn't yield much extra convenience. Closing. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no