From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Sweeter Emacs Lisp Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:15:44 +0900 Message-ID: <87r4ez45db.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <8738rh6ftk.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373940963 14120 80.91.229.3 (16 Jul 2013 02:16:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 02:16:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: fgallina@gnu.org, emacs-devel To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 16 04:16:04 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyuo7-0007QG-Am for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 04:16:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59769 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyuo6-0005y5-LQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56063) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyuo0-0005xv-Lr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:16:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyunw-0002OD-3O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:15:56 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp01.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.71]:48695) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyunv-0002O9-RF; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:15:52 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.149.135.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.149.135] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp01.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) (envelope-from ) id 1Uyuno-0004O6-Tl; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:15:50 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A821BE039; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:15:44 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:22:39 +0200") Original-Lines: 17 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-GOL-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 203.216.5.71 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:161914 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: >> + *we need a built-in core mapcan (could be called mapcat), >> filter and sequence concatenation (could be called cat?) function >> that doesn't depends on cl-lib*. This is fundamental stuff isn't >> it? Why is such a need to require a library for it? > > Why not just use the cl functions? cl = giant awful ball of hair. Requiring it for somewhing as basic as mapcan is ... unpleasant. -miles -- Dinanzi a me non fuor cose create se non etterne, e io etterno duro. Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.