GNU bug report logs - #76476
Make cl-first, cl-second, ..., cl-tenth part of Emacs Lisp

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Message #17 received at 76476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 76476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org, acorallo <at> gnu.org,
 stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#76476: Make cl-first, cl-second, ...,
 cl-tenth part of Emacs Lisp
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:10:33 -0500

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  > >     first
  > >     second
  > >     third
  > >     fourth
  > >     fifth
  > >     sixth
  > >     seventh
  > >     eight
  > >     ninth
  > >     tenth
  > >     rest

  > FWIW, I hate those even more than the `cadar` thingies.  🙂

I agree -- most of these are no improvement.  They don't make programs
simpler.

We no longer have a need to strain to keep the number of function
names in GNU Emacs as small as possible.  But that doesn't mean
we should add every function that could be meaningful.
Some meaningful functions are not worth the work of documenting them.


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