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[PATCH] Misleading `list-get' argument description

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 10:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: 35206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35206: [PATCH] Misleading `list-get' argument description
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 12:34:09 +0200

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The doc string for `list-get' says

  Use TESTFN to lookup in the alist if non-nil.  Otherwise, use `assq'.

which is misleading since it's an equality predicate, not a look-up function, and the default is `eq', not `assq'.
How about changing it to

  Equality is defined by TESTFN or by `eq' if nil or omitted.

[0001-Clarify-the-TESTFN-argument-to-alist-get.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]
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