From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15059: 24.3; nth with negative index values Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:09:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376316622 2266 80.91.229.3 (12 Aug 2013 14:10:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:10:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15059@debbugs.gnu.org To: Wilfred Hughes Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 12 16:10:24 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1V8spE-0004kA-Gz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:10:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60396 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8spE-0002Rt-2p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:10:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42152) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8sp4-0002Nj-5x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:10:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8sos-0000Mm-Gu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:10:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60475) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8sos-0000IG-Em for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:10:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V8sor-0006OT-Pw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:10:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:10:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15059 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 15059-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15059.137631658724554 (code B ref 15059); Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:10:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15059) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Aug 2013 14:09:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54791 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V8sod-0006Nx-9e for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:09:47 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:12372) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V8sob-0006Ng-IH for 15059@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:09:45 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFLd/Nq/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiB4GwS2RCgOkeoFegxM X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFLd/Nq/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiB4GwS2RCgOkeoFegxM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="21491335" Original-Received: from 75-119-243-106.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.243.106]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 12 Aug 2013 10:09:33 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B293D63453; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:09:39 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Wilfred Hughes's message of "Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:10:51 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:77288 Archived-At: > Ah, great to see this behaviour is documented. Could the docstring of nth > and nthcdr be changed to also point to this part of the elisp manual, > similar to cdr? I prefer to leave it undocumented where possible (I'd be even tempted to remove the part of the Elisp manual that documents it). Just don't rely on this behavior, it's a bad idea. Stefan