Re: Why (substring "abc" 0 4) does not return "abc" instead of an error?

[Bastien]

Thierry Volpiatto <address@hidden> writes:

> (let ((str "abc")
>       (ind 9999))
>   (substring str 0 (min (length str) ind)))
> =>"abc"

I know, but I guess it's more costly than

  (substring str 0 ind t)

where `t' means "fail quietly".  But I may be wrong.

-- 
 Bastien