GNU bug report logs - #50704
Feature request: Add ensure-list in cl-lib

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Message #11 received at 50704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 50704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Clément Pit-Claudel <cpitclaudel <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#50704: Feature request: Add ensure-list in cl-lib
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:29:37 -0700

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

> I don't think it has to be in cl at all -- we can just call it
> `ensure-list'.

+1

>> - And once it is introduced, should the 40-some instances that could use it be updated, or left as-is?

To expand on what Lars said, they can (IMO should) be updated unless
they need to be compatible with old versions of Emacs.

(I would add a comment to the other instances along the lines of "change
to `ensure-list' once Emacs 27.1 compatibility is dropped".)

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