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Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:08:41 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1skQdU-0002jo-JD; Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:07:36 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=4/BemrdXHqKugRQtF+O+b+sgVmOwNWJLs6zrB79DMA4=; b=PA7NsTsx8P9GoxJJAfya JkJblrCnD7mSn9ynqTTh5GvgLyzV71BZDEY30bdKwNBtIQwqsDo5JWzrRNX9IsDRKZu7Th1q55lN4 VYJLd9l2mmJgashbaF1bvyx8P3xICsumSRnqe68cKlUOGKf4ThC7LUv0JEGl06mjH9/fU1ffmRUW2 6GH1/QBtg+xxgXMmwYJfdARvGcCkAmbHlQokhLofaZzo7XIUc+HU5NHjsZaI7pPJsQB4HuikLGuFg Ib14NqeWvIrBbGfXllaoQh3M1YXjk5nMY2JB9XfPCfzw3uGcePXXrKPXMrVq7/zRfVbMeklrenZPZ dbHj4Ko8JMRuhg==; In-Reply-To: <5EEA70A7-D55B-4D87-86E1-B9C45EE994C9@gmail.com> (message from Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= on Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:37:56 +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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:291023 Archived-At: > From: Mattias Engdegård > Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:37:56 +0200 > Cc: maedaqu@gmail.com, > 72888@debbugs.gnu.org > > 31 aug. 2024 kl. 14.58 skrev Eli Zaretskii : > > > Doesn't that lose useful information? It only tells what is compared > > recursively, but doesn't tell about comparing strings or integers or > > bool-vectors by themselves, which is IMO important. > > That's a fair point. What about something like: > > The @code{equal} function compares numbers, strings and bool-vectors by > value. Lists, cons cells, vectors, records, markers, char-tables, > font objects, and function objects (closures)@footnote{However, equality > of distinct function objects cannot be guaranteed in general.} are > compared recursively by using @code{equal} on their constituent parts. SGTM, thanks.