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[PATCH] Add new function seq-remove-item

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From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 44205 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: bug#44205: [PATCH] Add new function seq-remove-item
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:36:07 +0000

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:
>
>> I found myself reaching for a version of `seq-remove' where I don't have
>> to supply a lambda but can just give an item.  Ergo, the attached.
>>
>>     (seq-remove-item 2 '(1 2 3))  => (1 3)
>>
>> I find it a whole lot nicer than:
>>
>>     (seq-remove (lambda (a) (= a 2)) '(1 2 3))  => (1 3)
>
> Isn't this just
>
> (remove 2 '(1 2 3)) => (1 3)
>
> though?  I don't think seq.el needs to replicate the basic list
> functions...

I think the idea is that seq.el functions are generic and can thus be
extended to work with e.g. streams[1].

[1]: http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/stream.html

-- 
Basil

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