Re: [PATCH] sequence manipulation functions

[Nicolas Petton]

Bozhidar Batsov <address@hidden> writes:

> I don’t see here common sequence functions like take-while,
> drop-while, remove (the opposite of filter), mapcat, flatten, etc.

There are indeed missing functions. As I initially planned to add these
functions without any prefix and propose the change in subr.el, I didn't
want to add too many of them at once, but now I can definitely add the
missing ones.

seq-take and seq-drop were rejected though, so I don't think take-while
or drop-while make much sense anymore. Or?

> Anyways, for the prefixing to make sense functions like mapcar, mapc
> and friends should be aliased as well (ideally with names like
> `seq-map`, `sea-each`, etc). 

Yes, I did alias them. I aliased mapc to seq-do though.

>
> Another thing to consider - if you want the library to be adopted
> quickly it might make sense to distribute it as a ELPA package for
> older Emacsen.

That's a very good point!

Nico

>
> —
> Cheers,
> Bozhidar
>
> On November 12, 2014 at 19:50:16, Nicolas Petton (address@hidden) wrote:
>
>
> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:  
>
>>> Fair enough. One question though, if sequences.el is not preloaded, then  
>>> I guess these functions should not be documented in the manual?  
>>  
>> Why not? Just state that they need a (require 'seq) before you can  
>> use them.  
>
> Should I put it in the Elisp manual in sequences.texi?  
>
> Nicolas  

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