[erlang-patches] Add lists:init/1 - got tired of implementing it

[Garrett Smith]

I would use lists:sublist(L, 1, length(L) - 1) for this. I wouldn't
have given it a second thought.

Presumably there's a concern about performance -- why else would we
need yet-another-function?

Here's a simple benchmark program that people can experiment with (or improve):

https://github.com/gar1t/erlang-bench/blob/master/drop-last.escript

It includes the original implementation, Fred's, and what I would use (sublist).

Personally, I don't see a problem that warrants a new function in the
lists module.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Siri Hansen <erlangsiri@REDACTED> wrote:
> We haven't yet made any decision regarding this patch, but we have had some
> discussions in the team and we are not totally convinced about the general
> need for this function. Thus we would appreciate some input from the list.
>
> So - disregarding the name and the implementation for a second - is this
> functionality a good addition to the lists module? Is it often needed?
>
> If so, would it be even better to do a more general version which removes
> the N last elements from the list?
>
> Hans, could you also possibly describe some of your use cases?
>
> Regards
> siri@REDACTED
>
>
> 2013/4/29 Fredrik <fredrik@REDACTED>
>>
>> On 04/25/2013 05:12 PM, Hans Svensson wrote:
>>>
>>> git fetch git://github.com/hanssv/otp.git add_init_to_lists
>>
>> Fetched, it is currently located in the 'pu' branch.
>> A review process has started.
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>>
>> BR Fredrik Gustafsson
>> Erlang OTP Team
>>
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