From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>, 34708@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34708: alist-get has unclear documentation
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:45:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mum0yojf.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84e7fa6d-7e89-4c7e-b94d-be40900a3422@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:48:11 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Why have REMOVE instead of just letting users
> set the value (explicitly) to DEFAULT?
That's the default behavior without using REMOVE. Removing associations
is also a valid use case and in my eyes still consistent with the place
semantics.
> That would really follow "the expected semantics of setf", with
> nothing funny going on, no confusion.
>
> `alist-get' is a function, not just a gv place. Argument REMOVE makes
> no sense for the function (does it?). All the other args do make
> sense for the function. Shouldn't all of the args to a function make
> sense for it? Should we add args that are only used by `setf'? Has
> that been done before?
Ok, REMOVE is more or less your only criticism. I too find it a bit
odd, especially the additional argument, but not too odd and useful
enough to keep it. It's very debatable, agreed.
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-12 17:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-02 4:50 bug#34708: alist-get has unclear documentation Miguel V. S. Frasson
2019-03-02 9:25 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-02 15:40 ` Miguel V. S. Frasson
2019-03-02 18:10 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-02 19:06 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-03-03 0:15 ` Phil Sainty
2019-03-03 12:50 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-19 1:35 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-02 19:51 ` Miguel V. S. Frasson
2019-03-02 20:32 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-03-03 11:32 ` Miguel V. S. Frasson
2019-03-03 12:21 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-03 15:51 ` Drew Adams
2019-03-03 16:49 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-03-04 16:24 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-03-04 16:38 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-04 17:16 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-03-04 18:22 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-04 22:49 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-03-05 12:35 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-05 22:50 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-03-06 0:16 ` Drew Adams
2019-03-11 13:39 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-11 14:52 ` Drew Adams
2019-03-11 16:19 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-11 17:48 ` Drew Adams
2019-03-12 13:04 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-12 14:48 ` Drew Adams
2019-03-12 16:08 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-12 16:48 ` Drew Adams
2019-03-12 17:45 ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2019-03-12 13:12 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-12 14:53 ` Drew Adams
2019-03-12 15:38 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-12 16:18 ` Drew Adams
2019-03-12 17:55 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-15 15:54 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-03-15 18:48 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2019-03-27 22:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-04-19 1:33 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-04-19 2:24 ` bug#34708: Thanks Miguel V. S. Frasson
2019-04-19 4:18 ` Michael Heerdegen
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