From: Alex Branham <alex.branham@gmail.com>
To: 33309@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33309: Add flatten-list?
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:46:29 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r2fw7jsa.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
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Could we add a new function `flatten-list'? There seems to be a need for
it. Inside Emacs itself, I see at least four implementations of the same
basic thing:
- eshell-flatten-list
- message-flatten-list
- lpr-flatten-list
- js--flatten-list
And there are many more in the various 3rd-party packages.
I was thinking of putting it in subr.el. What do you think?
Thanks,
Alex
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 41dc9aa45f..3ea75ddf56 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -5447,5 +5447,14 @@ This function is called from lisp/Makefile and leim/Makefile."
(setq file (concat (substring file 1 2) ":" (substring file 2))))
file)
+(defun flatten-list (list)
+ "Take LIST and \"flatten\" it.
+The result will be a list containing all the elements of LIST.
+\(flatten-list \\='(1 (2 3 (4 5 (6))) 7))
+=> (1 2 3 4 5 6 7)"
+ (cond ((null list) nil)
+ ((consp list) (append (flatten-list (car list))
+ (flatten-list (cdr list))))
+ (t (list list))))
;;; subr.el ends here
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next reply other threads:[~2018-11-07 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-07 19:46 Alex Branham [this message]
2018-11-07 20:36 ` bug#33309: Add flatten-list? Drew Adams
2018-11-07 21:19 ` Alex Branham
2018-12-10 8:44 ` Michael Albinus
2018-12-10 17:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-12-10 20:12 ` Alex Branham
2018-12-10 21:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-12-10 23:06 ` Alex Branham
2018-12-11 12:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-12-10 22:42 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-12-10 23:17 ` Alex Branham
2018-12-10 23:26 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-12-10 23:34 ` Stephen Berman
2018-12-11 8:21 ` Michael Albinus
2018-12-11 8:34 ` martin rudalics
2018-12-11 17:36 ` bug#33309: [PATCH] flatten-list Alex Branham
2018-12-11 20:11 ` Michael Albinus
2018-12-11 20:16 ` Alex Branham
2018-12-17 11:33 ` Michael Albinus
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