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MISMATCH/MAXPREFIX/MAXSUFFIX
- To: common-lisp%su-ai@usc-ecl
- Subject: MISMATCH/MAXPREFIX/MAXSUFFIX
- From: Bernard S. Greenberg <BSG%SCRC-TENEX@MIT-MC>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1983 13:20:00 -0000
- Mail-from: ARPANET site SU-AI rcvd at 22-Apr-83 0636-PST
It appears to me that MISMATCH and MAXPREFIX/MAXSUFFIX overlap entirely
in capability and intent. They appear to do the exact same thing,
modulo returning nil instead of the sequence length or zero in the
all-match case. It is furthermore not in the least clear to me what
:from-end means to MAXSUFFIX, or how MAXPREFIX with :from-end is
different from MAXSUFFIX. Is there any reason not to flush MAXPREFIX
and MAXSUFFIX?