Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> Morgan Smith <morgan.j.smith@outlook.com> writes:
>
>> --- a/test/debbugs-tests.el
>> +++ b/test/debbugs-tests.el
>> +  (eval-and-compile
>> +    (defun alist-sort (x y)
>> +      (string< (car x) (car y))))
>
> I would define this function in debbugs-test-helpers.el. And perhaps
> give it a debbugs-test- prefix; we don't want to pollute the Emacs name
> space.

Ah, my bad.  I wrongly assumed Emacs had lexical scoping.

I've attached an alternative solution.  It would help stabilize the
return value of `debbugs-get-status'.  But also users should not be
relying on `debbugs-get-status' to have a stable return so maybe this is
a bad idea.

> Best regards, Michael.