Re: [alexandria-devel] cdr assoc (now called alist-get)

"Tobias C. Rittweiler" tcr@freebits.de writes:

"Tobias C. Rittweiler" tcr@freebits.de writes:

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my personal favorite would be

ASSOC-VALUE

Or perhaps GETASSOC imitating GETHASH.

Certainly a better way of dealing with alists would be useful.

cdr-assoc is the customary name for this functionality.

The problem is with the order of parameters: alist and key. As far as I know, cdr-assoc has been implemented both as taking the key first and as taking the alist first. That's why I wanted a new name.

At least, getassoc (and presumably getrassoc) would clearly indicate key first, by analogy with gethash.

I think that is sensible . . . I can send a new patch with the new names if you like.

(If alexandria wakes up then I have a patch to fix some other stuff too.)