From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Artur Malabarba Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Merging nth, aref, and elt. Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:40:01 +0000 Message-ID: Reply-To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113dc0d82e641d0506969b1b X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1414618821 959 80.91.229.3 (29 Oct 2014 21:40:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:40:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 29 22:40:15 2014 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 1XjayP-0008NW-Pv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:40:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49189 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjayP-0007Xv-9B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:40:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41920) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjayL-0007VS-CK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:40:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjayJ-0005as-U9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oi0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22c]:50262) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjayJ-0005Yb-Ni for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oi0-f44.google.com with SMTP id h136so3046678oig.31 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:40:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=OUo1IFlWEqTRhTowoJU+oE0SMPeqFWS+R/56O2ZZ7h0=; b=0xMKVN2+PEjve4r/CEXGCl2N9IG+qB0Rc56jIDaPBHdSqVH7h4wwbAVqeBUv6i6zz5 Ztlx24/lwXe7m2aM3YWkWbRDjpLLlGJxbKCirglqofXaUZlZ8G4IwqItsHeCGa8WIOJb d6JTd1x1Ie1fra3Kdae9oHFVEoRUKtKXxsY87OpcrmJ+y0u11Gf3xyZqeskQAINywOaj nyGO4YpJrNesXYaMAq0cxySLVt1YCSJDLaqTa/URb7hXzvo/9WhxaDRG7loip0w44v0v tOr//KafKQndqr/ke+9JFqhtGg8pisVW/xfUv5pplTUOThzu/vMjZGEXpMNqPuFBlc5a ivGw== X-Received: by 10.202.74.18 with SMTP id x18mr10259064oia.50.1414618801921; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.76.1.137 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.76.1.137 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:40:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Sender-Auth: MDP-G2HHHSGgwHILNJ23GQu5Dk0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22c 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:176030 Archived-At: --001a113dc0d82e641d0506969b1b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 29 Oct 2014 16:35, "Stefan Monnier" wrote: > But yes, Elisp's "core" functions suffer from lots of irregularities, > and getting rid of them would be an improvement. E.g.: [...] > - Merge nth, aref, and elt. I wouldn't mind giving this a try. I take it this should be a C function? --001a113dc0d82e641d0506969b1b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On 29 Oct 2014 16:35, "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote= :
> But yes, Elisp's "core" functions suffer from lots of ir= regularities,
> and getting rid of them would be an improvement.=C2=A0 E.g.: [...] > - Merge nth, aref, and elt.

I wouldn't mind giving this a try.
I take it this should be a C function?

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