Received: from mx0.gmx.net (mx0.gmx.net [213.165.64.100]) by h1439878.stratoserver.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Debian-2build1) with SMTP id p0N9n0dl003393 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:49:01 +0100 Received: (qmail 1951 invoked by alias); 23 Jan 2011 09:48:54 -0000 Delivered-To: GMX delivery to rainer.schoepf@gmx.net Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 23 Jan 2011 09:48:54 -0000 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (EHLO relay2.uni-heidelberg.de) [129.206.210.211] by mx0.gmx.net (mx102) with SMTP; 23 Jan 2011 10:48:54 +0100 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.94]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p0N9krok019355 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:46:54 +0100 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p0MN16Pe017349; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:46:52 +0100 Received: by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 16.0) with spool id 853518 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:46:52 +0100 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (relay2.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.210.211]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p0N9aqLU009536 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:36:52 +0100 Received: from mail-wy0-f177.google.com (mail-wy0-f177.google.com [74.125.82.177]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p0N9amQS015477 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=FAIL) for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:36:51 +0100 Received: by wyf22 with SMTP id 22so3728522wyf.22 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:36:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.136.211 with SMTP id s19mr2914249wbt.177.1295775407726; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:36:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.227.53.140 with HTTP; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:36:47 -0800 (PST) References: <201101230906.p0N96bln024353@comedy.dante.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Whitelist: Message-ID: Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:36:47 -0600 Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project From: Kevin Godby Subject: Re: \clist_length:N and \clist_nth:N To: LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de In-Reply-To: Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-GMX-Antispam: 0 (Mail was not recognized as spam); Detail=5D7Q89H36p77e5KAPs1l6v/Sb97LojnDtMgfETrECMLUO9erHzOJe+OynZRhvlGqb5A0X bbiCt2rAnnct/NAlbHMvoAL6GY+23tB3khNK7Y6oT1sPizBjJUAOds0oJBO/5TIz9C5741aj9GOJ bE70Q==V1; X-Resent-By: Forwarder X-Resent-For: rainer.schoepf@gmx.net X-Resent-To: rainer@rainer-schoepf.de Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6566 Hello, Will. On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:12 AM, Will Robertson wrote: > Questions: names? I think "length" is a good one although it doesn't match \tl_elt_count:N which is the equivalent for arbitrary token lists. > > I didn't write "clist_nth" with a view of it being the permanent name, but now that I've written it I can't think of a (good) alternative. Any thoughts? The only other names that come to mind for clist_nth would be clist_get or clist_element. I don't know that either of those are any clearer, however. --Kevin Godby