GNU bug report logs - #66509
29.1.50; let-alist should support numeric indexing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>

Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:04:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 29.1.50

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.1.50; let-alist should support numeric indexing
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:03:22 -0400

It would be nice if let-alist supported indexing.  So if my alist
contained lists in some places, instead of writing:

(let-alist alist
  (let-alist (nth 0 .a)
    (let-alist (nth 3 .b)
       .c)))

I could instead write:

(let-alist alist
  .a.0.b.3.c)

A patch which does this to follow.
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