bug#26540: 25.2; [PATCH] Add cl-set-equal to test for set equality

[Damien Cassou]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> I'm just pointing out that a function we already have, and one 
> that is used more widely by users of Common Lisp, does the same 
> thing - unless I'm missing something. 


I agree (except that one has opposite result).

> If people think that some users might not think to use 
> `set-exclusive-or' to test set equality then we could add a 
> `set-equal' function.  Common Lisp didn't think so, and neither 
> do I, but I wouldn't oppose adding it. 


At least I didn't think about using exclusive-or. Searching for 
"equal" or "same elements" in the info page (info "(cl) Lists as 
Sets") didn't help.

> If we do add it, I'd imagine that the implementation should be 
> the same (adding `not', as you say), for clarity and consistency 
> - unless other things are not equal for some reason (i.e., 
> unless there is a good reason not to use the existing 
> implementation). 


I updated the patch.

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0001-Add-cl-set-equal-to-test-for-set-equality.patch
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