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Subject: Re: lsearch() and lfind() patch
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> From: <ams AT ludd DOT ltu DOT se>
> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:21:29 +0100 (CET)
> 
> Hello.
> 
> Here's my patch to add lfind() and lsearch().

Thanks.

> Personally, I think these functions are almost useless. It's easier to
> code your own functions and they were hard to use correctly (my test
> program had several bugs before I got it to work).

Their usefulness is precisely this: that someone already debugged the
code and tested it.

> +identified by @var{key} using the comparision function @var{compar}.  
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^
A typo.

> +identified by @var{key} using the comparision function @var{compar}.  

And here.

Otherwise, fine with me.