GNU bug report logs - #21782
25.0.50; New functions nfront/front

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <f92capac <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:55:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 21782 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Constantino Calancha" <f92capac <at> gmail.com>
To: 21782 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21782: 25.0.50; New functions nfront/front
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:41:55 +0900


> ISTR there are traditional names for those functions.
> I don't remember what they were, but if we are going to add them,
> we should use their traditional names.

Sure, i also prefer keep their original names.

Considering my previous example: i disagree with myself about
nfront being consistent with nbutlast.

nfront should return nil when N<= 0 as seq-take does.
Only when N is nil is when we provide the sensible default N=1 as nbutlast.
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