From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18837: 25.0.50; `sort` -- modify function to preserve original list. Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:30:36 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="173962"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 18837-done@debbugs.gnu.org, Keith David Bershatsky To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 16 07:31:11 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i9jbS-000j9S-Mp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:31:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59134 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i9jbR-0002wy-6n for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:31:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39032) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i9jbL-0002wn-Gl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:31:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i9jbK-0003eD-Hm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40224) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i9jbK-0003e8-F3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:31:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i9jbK-0006TE-Au for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:31:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 05:31:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 18837 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Mail-Followup-To: 18837@debbugs.gnu.org, stefan@marxist.se, esq@lawlist.com Original-Received: via spool by 18837-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D18837.156861185524853 (code D ref 18837); Mon, 16 Sep 2019 05:31:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18837-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Sep 2019 05:30:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49045 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i9jbC-0006Sn-PL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:30:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pg1-f173.google.com ([209.85.215.173]:41427) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1i9jbB-0006Sa-3M for 18837-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:30:53 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pg1-f173.google.com with SMTP id x15so19111295pgg.8 for <18837-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 22:30:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=nECPJIHr2wnf8rzFIYwvclVWbvMHg1ipIfSxKhTpX8o=; b=tGXBUTnM5xXh3WgYXL2p4D3Y4gLhNNg76jupdsYeuPfZSu5b3tzOa412zMVwN/77zd ad4jWswKyIvAb9kbwYULK3G70nCsun8L6NfAupf2me1nP96OZO9MZbd52xx0i1PMDRaJ +6a734V0ngx0aO/nkSyNhDQNbMvXJ3KDBbc6NJa9N3xxy1lFOVuULrnwZrHUn4QpdCtW SMo483r9I8UD6U+HZ8Lv+AcWG3MF6DratClRyg5F0Cq+P88qIUbnSYkLhmy4md4aZ8kB 3cD8Daf2zE7pdPzKsa/BGNN5LHkXP+2++Hc3wiATi2Bxi7ETgFZ5LH4NSL8mnHKLHRdc fSCQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUPlXceQAb8NI9u9dSMlOVq3hcnxnQXkimK/Z4k2A/SvLJDPkAD e8OchXu9v0LtDb+kC8Lq2GH0jbd4VGwq/L8nuwc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxJPKbI18kzC3/qDoa4gPhYnIBhmif9B3xbtTElb9OC1VsscjEQFu5dB4TK3vChlNKSLreo9y7VQawnu61npFk= X-Received: by 2002:a63:69c1:: with SMTP id e184mr52314287pgc.198.1568611847226; Sun, 15 Sep 2019 22:30:47 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:166539 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> The doc-string for the function `sort` states that `SEQ is modified by >> side effects`; however, it does not state in what way the original >> list gets modified or why such a feature might somehow be useful. > > The "usefulness" is to avoid allocating another list in the case where > the unsorted list won't be used later on anyway. It doesn't seem like there is anything more to do here, so I'm closing this bug. Best regards, Stefan Kangas