From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50110: 26.3; Doc of `assoc': TESTFN optional arg Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:50:06 +0300 Message-ID: <83y28y3anl.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13214"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 50110@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 18 19:53:10 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 1mGPkU-0003Af-QP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:53:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45778 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGPkT-0005tI-G0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:53:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38956) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGPiQ-0003fD-NK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45994) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGPiQ-0005FB-FC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mGPiQ-0003rx-E0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:51:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50110 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50110-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50110.162930902014797 (code B ref 50110); Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50110) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Aug 2021 17:50:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57535 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mGPhk-0003qb-9A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:50:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:50762) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mGPhj-0003qQ-JK for 50110@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:50:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:59382) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGPhd-0004dJ-Qh; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:50:13 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1837 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGPha-000050-8C; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:50:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:36:11 +0000) 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:212170 Archived-At: > From: Drew Adams > 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.