GNU bug report logs - #75170
add-to-alist: new function

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Roland Winkler <winkler <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:35:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams <at> gnu.org>
Cc: winkler <at> gnu.org, monnier <at> gnu.org, 75170 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, eliz <at> gnu.org, acorallo <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#75170: add-to-alist: new function
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:53:48 +0100

>>>>> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 05:33:50 -0500, "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams <at> gnu.org> said:

    Alfred> Right, so why should map-foo care about such lists?  You're saying it
    Alfred> "expects" them to be alists, but if it gets another list that is not
    Alfred> an alist .. it fails.  That is the same behaviour as rest of Emacs,
    Alfred> no?

Except that alist-get, assoc, etc donʼt fail (or at least: the
resulting structure is more coherent than what map-put! produces).

Robert
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