GNU bug report logs - #69739
30.0.50; `type-of` is not precise enough

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:22:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 69739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <basil <at> contovou.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 69739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#69739: 30.0.50; `type-of` is not precise enough
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:51:33 +0100

Stefan Monnier [2024-03-14 12:56 -0400] wrote:

> I ended up with `cl-type-of` as the name of the new function (after
> all, it tries to better match the expected semantics of Common Lisp's
> `type-of`).
>
> Comments?  Objections?

No objections here, just one question: did you consider extending
type-of with an optional argument instead of introducing cl-type-of?
Or would that be too messy?

Thanks,
-- 
Basil
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