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26.0.50; seq-some function

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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 <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#25129: 26.0.50; seq-some function
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 19:31:41 +0900 (JST)

On Wed, 7 Dec 2016, Nicolas Petton wrote:

> Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 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).
>
> Indeed, what about:
>
>  Return non-nil if PRED returns non-nil for at least one element of SEQUENCE.
>  If so, return the first non-nil value returned by PRED.
Yeah better.
The first line with the repetition of 'non-nil' sounds a little poetic.
How about?
 Return non-nil if PRED is satisfied for at least one element of SEQUENCE.
  If so, return the first non-nil value returned by PRED.

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