From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS22989 209.51.188.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1DE451F4B4 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 20:39:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:51106 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lTsTt-0007RG-0m for normalperson@yhbt.net; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:39:25 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60878) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lTsTp-0007Ow-RI for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:39:21 -0400 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:34596) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lTsTh-0006fe-Vw for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:39:21 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F719160059; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 13:39:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id e2OYDsD4F23o; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 13:39:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 346AC160102; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 13:39:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id asLP3hGzekOw; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 13:39:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (cpe-23-243-218-95.socal.res.rr.com [23.243.218.95]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0A1F4160059; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 13:39:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: gl_list API To: Bruno Haible , bug-gnulib@gnu.org References: <19732202.BXCAIDxjiS@omega> From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Message-ID: <80865757-70e6-8dee-9c23-06ef128157b7@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 13:39:08 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19732202.BXCAIDxjiS@omega> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=131.179.128.68; envelope-from=eggert@cs.ucla.edu; helo=zimbra.cs.ucla.edu X-Spam_score_int: -41 X-Spam_score: -4.2 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?Marc_Nieper-Wi=c3=9fkirchen?= Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" On 4/6/21 1:28 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > But when designing a general utility, for all kinds of programs to use, > it is inappropriate to say "storing null elements is not useful". I'm afraid we'll have to disagree here. But then I don't use the API so my comments aren't all that important.