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Re: assq-ref vs assq
Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl> writes:
> In any case, could something be done about the order of arguments to
> assq-ref ? It is reversed from that of assq, which is confusing. I
> realize this breaks compatibility, but maybe it could be done when
> there is going to be a big non-compatible upgrade.
the way I see it is that `assq' and friends have unusual argument
order, and the reason for that is apparently backward compatibility.
the argument order of `assq-ref' is consistent with `vector-ref',
`string-ref' etc.
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