GNU bug report logs - #34708
alist-get has unclear documentation

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Reported by: "Miguel V. S. Frasson" <mvsfrasson <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 04:52:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>, 34708 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34708: alist-get has unclear documentation
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 02:35:57 +0100

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> Yes, the syntax is a bit weird.  I think I would prefer to write it as
>
>   (setf (alist-get key my-alist nil 'remove) nil)

BTW, I also want to point you to map.el.  It has `map-elt' which is also
setf'able and also works for other kinds of maps (hash-tables in
particular), and a distinct `map-remove'.  I guess it's time to
advertise map.el functions a bit more (in the manual).

Michael.
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