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Re: Shouldn't records be sequences?


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Shouldn't records be sequences?
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 15:14:36 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> IOW, if records really are "much like a vector" (to quote the manual
> section), is there any reason not to make the other sequence functions
> support them?

Mostly, the lack of a reason to add them?

> Alternatively, if their being like a vector is only an implementation
> detail, does it make sense to expose that in Lisp at all and
> document it?

We should probably document it less, indeed, or clarify that it's
a historical accident and code shouldn't rely on it.


        Stefan




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