bug#50704: Feature request: Add ensure-list in cl-lib

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Clément Pit-Claudel <cpitclaudel@gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to add a similar function in Emacs, since it comes up so often.  
> Is that an acceptable change?  
>
> If so:
> - Which cl-*.el file should it go into, and where in that file?  

I don't think it has to be in cl at all -- we can just call it
`ensure-list'.

> - Should it be a defun or a define-inline?  
> - And once it is introduced, should the 40-some instances that could use it 
> be updated, or left as-is?  
> - Finally, where should it be documented?

defun, depends, and in the list section.  :-)

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