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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 18253@debbugs.gnu.org, tsugutomo.enami@jp.sony.com
Subject: bug#18253: 24.4.50; doc string of `remq': correct it per the doc of `remove'
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:34:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv8umbksny.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aad9e801-fe57-4690-a5f2-c034f02116c1@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:37:27 -0700 (PDT)")

>  If the only elements in LIST that are `eq' to ELT occur before any
>  other elements then a copy is not made: the tail after the last such
>  occurrence is returned.
> Whatever language we choose, it should be precise wrt what the behavior
> is.

I don't see a need for precision.  It should just say that the returned list
may share some elements with the original argument, but that no element
was modified by side-effect.


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-26 18:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-12 14:59 bug#18253: 24.4.50; doc string of `remq': correct it per the doc of `remove' Drew Adams
2014-08-25  3:19 ` Christoph
2014-08-25 22:12   ` tsugutomo.enami
2014-08-25 22:37     ` Drew Adams
2014-08-26 18:34       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-08-26 18:57         ` Drew Adams
2014-08-27  3:18           ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-27  4:55             ` Drew Adams
2014-08-27  5:31               ` tsugutomo.enami
2014-08-27 14:06                 ` Drew Adams
2014-08-27 23:49                   ` tsugutomo.enami

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