[erlang-questions] Proposal: add lists:intersperse/2 and lists:intercalate/2

[Richard A. O'Keefe]

On 3/03/16 6:02 am, Siraaj Khandkar wrote:
> Though I prefer the name "interleave" to "intersperse", since its 
> meaning is more-precise and closer to the intended behavior here.

No, interleaving requires *two* sequences.  This is interleave:

interleave([], []) -> [];
interleave([X|Xs], [Y|Ys]) -> [X,Y|interleave(Xs,Ys)].

interleave, v, OED, sense 3:
"Computing and Telecommunications. To interfile (two or more
digitized signals or sequences of information) by alternating
between them; to alternate (one such signal or sequence) with
others. Also, to divide (memory, etc.) between a number of
different tasks by allocating successive segments to each in turn."

(I must admit I hadn't encountered the word 'interfile' before.)