Re: Lists composed of equal number and kind of elements

["Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

> Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
>> All you need to test is (cl-set-exclusive-or list-1
>> list-2).
>>
>> (a a a b b), (b b a), and (b a) all represent the
>> same set.
>>
>> IOW, neither order nor duplication matters.
>
> The OP didn't say anything about sets - I said that.
> The OP said he wanted equality with respect to the
> same items being there (order not important) and the
> lists having the same length.

No, didn't say same items.  
Said same number and same kind.
What is the kind of an item? Didn't say.

Therefore my solution is parameterised by a kind function.
Since we don't know what the kind of an item is, it is also
parameterised by an equality test for those kinds.


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