GNU bug report logs - #47425
26.3; `plist-get', `plist-put' should accept a TEST function

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 22:14:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>, 47425 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#47425: 26.3; `plist-get', `plist-put' should accept a TEST function
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:27:50 +0200

27 juni 2022 kl. 14.18 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>:

> Then again, plists should never have existed, in my book.
> They're just strictly worse than alists as datastructures.

Indeed. For example, key-value pairs cannot be shared between different plists, and getting the nth key takes twice as long.
There should be no reason to promote or expand the use of plists.
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