GNU bug report logs - #16963
A patch to create a list-with-tail primitive.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Demetrios Obenour <demetriobenour <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 16:48:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 16963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Demetrios Obenour <demetriobenour <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16963: A patch to create a list-with-tail primitive.
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:10:08 -0400

> Since a comment in backquote.el said that backquote-list* needed to be a
> primitive, here is an implementation of it as one, under the name
> list-with-tail.

I think it would make more sense to call it `list*'.  Also it might make
sense to change backquote.el so it uses this `list*' (tho probably only
when passed with enough arguments).


        Stefan
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