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Re: substring
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Ian Price |
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Re: substring |
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Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:34:49 +0100 |
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"." <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Why do we need substring [1]? We already have string-copy which looks
> similar to me.
> (These functions take different number of arguments, but string-copy
> can handle this because it's more generic.)
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> Is this connected with compatability, convenience or something else?
substring is in the standard, has been for ages.
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