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Subject: sortcar and sort-subr
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While adding a `predicate' argument to sort-subr, I noticed that
it uses a `sortcar' function (if fboundp) that I've never heard
of and that doesn't exist and seems never to have existed.

Any objection to removing it (and adding a `predicate' argument
for when your keys can't conveniently be numbers or strings) ?


	Stefan