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26.0.50; seq-some function

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Message #11 received at 25129 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>
Cc: 25129 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Pierre Lorenzon <devel <at> pollock-nageoire.net>,
 tino.calancha <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#25129: 26.0.50; seq-some function
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:19:08 +0900

Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr> writes:

> Pierre Lorenzon <devel <at> pollock-nageoire.net> writes:
>
> Hi Pierre,
>
>> I well understand now that I must use seq-find instead of
>> seq-some but I think that I will not be the only one being
>> confused by these functions specifications !
>
> There is a mistake (extra if) in the documentation, I will fix that.
>
> Other than that, is the following less confusing?
>
>   Return non-nil if PRED returns non-nil for at least one element of SEQUENCE.
>   If so, return the value returned by PRED.
The previous doc string contains more information: it explicitely says
that it returns the _first_ non-nil (PRED element).

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