GNU bug report logs - #6575
24.0.50; cl's mapc not reachable

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Reported by: Alex Schroeder <kensanata <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:18:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

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From: Alex Schroeder <kensanata <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "6575 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <6575 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#6575: 24.0.50; cl's mapc not reachable
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:22:30 +0200

It would seem to be less obvious to find since it goes against the
expectations of current developers and lead to more follow-up efforts.

On 04.08.2010, at 14:30, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

>> The CL manual documents mapc accepting multiple sequences, but I always
>> get the built-in version. I was told about cl-mapc which appears not to
>> be documented in the manual. Actually, based on mapcar/mapcar* I
>> expected to find a function mapc* instead.
>
>> So what I'd like is to change the documentation in (cl) Mapping over
>> Sequences from mapc to mapc* and rename cl-mapc to mapc*.
>
> Actually, to keep the namespace cleaner, I'd rather move mapcar* to
> cl-mapcar.
>
>
>        Stefan
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