New function flatten-tree

Co-authored-by: Basil L. Contovounesios <contovob@tcd.ie>

* doc/lispref/lists.texi: Document `flatten-tree'.

* lisp/progmodes/js.el (js--maybe-join):
* lisp/printing.el (pr-switches):
* lisp/lpr.el (lpr-print-region):
* lisp/gnus/nnimap.el (nnimap-find-wanted-parts):
* lisp/gnus/message.el (message-talkative-question):
* lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el (gnus-remove-thread)
(gnus-thread-highest-number, gnus-thread-latest-date):
* lisp/eshell/esh-util.el (eshell-flatten-and-stringify):
* lisp/eshell/esh-opt.el (eshell-eval-using-options):
* lisp/eshell/esh-ext.el (eshell-external-command):
* lisp/eshell/em-xtra.el (eshell/expr):
* lisp/eshell/em-unix.el (eshell/rm, eshell-mvcpln-template)
(eshell/cat, eshell/make, eshell-poor-mans-grep, eshell-grep)
(eshell/du, eshell/time, eshell/diff, eshell/locate):
* lisp/eshell/em-tramp.el (eshell/su, eshell/sudo):
* lisp/eshell/em-term.el (eshell-exec-visual):
* lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el (eshell-dirs-substitute-cd, eshell/cd):
* lisp/eshell/em-basic.el (eshell/printnl):
Use new flatten-tree.

* lisp/progmodes/js.el (js--flatten-list):
* lisp/lpr.el (lpr-flatten-list):
* lisp/gnus/message.el (message-flatten-list):
* lisp/eshell/esh-util.el (eshell-flatten-list):
Obsolete in favor of Emacs-wide `flatten-tree'.

* lisp/subr.el (flatten-list): Alias to `flatten-tree' for
discoverability.

* lisp/subr.el (flatten-tree): New defun.

* test/lisp/subr-tests.el (subr-tests-flatten-tree): New test.
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Alex Branham 2018-12-17 12:15:09 +01:00 committed by Michael Albinus
parent 09a6cc4778
commit 36b05dc842
19 changed files with 96 additions and 72 deletions

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@ -285,15 +285,7 @@ Prepend remote identification of `default-directory', if any."
,@forms)
(setq list-iter (cdr list-iter)))))
(defun eshell-flatten-list (args)
"Flatten any lists within ARGS, so that there are no sublists."
(let ((new-list (list t)))
(dolist (a args)
(if (and (listp a)
(listp (cdr a)))
(nconc new-list (eshell-flatten-list a))
(nconc new-list (list a))))
(cdr new-list)))
(define-obsolete-function-alias 'eshell-flatten-list #'flatten-tree "27.1")
(defun eshell-uniquify-list (l)
"Remove occurring multiples in L. You probably want to sort first."
@ -330,7 +322,7 @@ Prepend remote identification of `default-directory', if any."
(defsubst eshell-flatten-and-stringify (&rest args)
"Flatten and stringify all of the ARGS into a single string."
(mapconcat 'eshell-stringify (eshell-flatten-list args) " "))
(mapconcat 'eshell-stringify (flatten-tree args) " "))
(defsubst eshell-directory-files (regexp &optional directory)
"Return a list of files in the given DIRECTORY matching REGEXP."