GNU bug report logs - #29489
Obsolete gnus-remove-if and gnus-remove-if-not

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:03:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 5.13

Done: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 29489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 29489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29489: Obsolete gnus-remove-if and gnus-remove-if-not
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:36:31 -0500

Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> For the interim, all that matters is consistency:
>
> (let ((list nil)
>       (ob (make-vector 3 0)))
>   (intern "foo" ob)
>   (intern "bar" ob)
>   (intern "xxx" ob)
>   (gnus-remove-if-not (lambda (_) t) ob)) ;=> (xxx 0 0)

But:

(let ((list nil)
      (ob (make-vector 3 0)))
  (intern "foo" ob)
  (intern "bar" ob)
  (intern "xxx" ob)
  (gnus-remove-if-not (lambda (_) t)
                      ob t)) ;=> (xxx bar foo)
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