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: Roland Winkler <winkler <at> gnu.org>
To: 75170 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75170: add-to-alist: new function
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:34:20 -0600
On Sat, Dec 28 2024, Roland Winkler wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Stephen Gildea wrote:
>> Here's a handy function I'd like to see added to Emacs 21:
>> add-to-alist.

I forgot to say: I could not find any follow-up or discussion of
Stephen's proposal

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2001-02/msg00066.html

I know about the very different approaches underlying the function
add-to-list compared to the macro pushnew.  I followed the design of
add-to-list as I am thinking (like Stephen) of similar use cases.




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