Subject: Re: bug#52383: 29.0.50; [suggestion] Add seq-set-subset-p to seq.el

From: Marco Wahl <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2021 21:21:14 +0100

Juri Linkov <[email-masked]> writes:

>> BTW function `seq-set-equal-p' could be rewritten using
>> `seq-set-subset-p'.
>
> Isn't the word "set" redundant in the name?
> In `seq-set-equal-p' the word "set" is needed
> to say "is set equal".  But in `seq-set-subset-p'
> the word "set" doesn't add much meaning, so better
> would be to name your new function just `seq-subset-p'.

Agreed.

The motivation for the suggested name `seq-set-subset-p' was to stay
close to the name `seq-set-equal-p'.  A user could interpret the prefix
"seq-set" as hint that the function implements a set operation.

Thanks!