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bug#37811: "standard GNU Emacs Lisp"
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#37811: "standard GNU Emacs Lisp" |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Oct 2019 15:50:04 +0300 |
> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Nicholas Drozd <nicholasdrozd@gmail.com>, 37811@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:35:58 +0200
>
> On Okt 19 2019, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > The text is
> >
> > Common Lisp note: Common Lisp has functions ‘union’ (which avoids
> > duplicate elements) and ‘intersection’ for set operations.
> > Although standard GNU Emacs Lisp does not have them, the ‘cl-lib’
> > library provides versions. *Note (cl)Lists as Sets::.
> >
> > So "standard" is used here in contrast to CL. I don't think any of
> > the proposed replacements pick up that nuance, do they?
>
> cl-lib is part of Emacs, but not loaded by default. I think that's what
> standard is supposed to mean here.
I see your point, but that wasn't my interpretation when I've read
that text.
Anyway, I think just dropping that word will fix the possible
confusion.