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27.0.50; Expose buffer's marker list to Elisp

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Message #50 received at 35536 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>, 35536 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, maurooaranda <at> gmail.com
Subject: RE: bug#35536: 27.0.50; Expose buffer's marker list to Elisp
Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 13:05:01 -0700 (PDT)

> > Whether or not one should be able to depend on such
> > an order is a separate question.
> 
> I'm fine with a `markers-in` which returns markers in the order found in
> the C code.  But the docstring should state clearly that you can't rely
> on this ordering.
> 
> I expect many uses won't care about the ordering anyway, so we don't
> need to bother `sort`ing, although the performance cost of `sort`ing will
> likely always be negligible.

Agreed on both counts.

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