From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Side effects of `sort'
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:13:31 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <buovcmnr0ms.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvobsgm040.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
> It just means that `sort' would have
> to fiddle not only with `cdr's but also with the `car's.
> Not worth the trouble, tho.
Also it would make sort inconsistent with other destructive list
operators, some of which _can't_ be "fixed".
A lisp programmer basically has to learn this pattern eventually.
-miles
--
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-02 6:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-01 19:58 Side effects of `sort' Daniel Schoepe
2012-03-01 20:52 ` Tassilo Horn
2012-03-01 21:04 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-03-01 21:34 ` Daniel Schoepe
2012-03-01 22:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-03-02 6:13 ` Miles Bader [this message]
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