From fb2fdb1435d2520c1cbf2a3d6a53128512a38458 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Petton <nicolas@petton.fr>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:18:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make seq-into return the sequence when no conversion needed

* lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el (seq-into): Do not convert the sequence when
  no conversion is needed.
* test/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq-tests.el (test-seq-into-and-identity): Add
  a regression test checking for identity.
---
 lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el            | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
 test/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq-tests.el |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
index 9890e60614e..74510244be7 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
@@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ Return a list of the results.
 \(fn FUNCTION SEQUENCES...)"
   (let ((result nil)
         (sequences (seq-map (lambda (s)
-                              (if (listp s)
-                                  s
-                                (seq-into s 'list)))
+                              (seq-into s 'list))
                             (cons sequence sequences))))
     (while (not (memq nil sequences))
       (push (apply function (seq-map #'car sequences)) result)
@@ -275,9 +273,9 @@ of sequence."
 TYPE can be one of the following symbols: vector, string or
 list."
   (pcase type
-    (`vector (vconcat sequence))
-    (`string (concat sequence))
-    (`list (append sequence nil))
+    (`vector (seq--into-vector sequence))
+    (`string (seq--into-string sequence))
+    (`list (seq--into-list sequence))
     (_ (error "Not a sequence type name: %S" type))))
 
 (cl-defgeneric seq-filter (pred sequence)
@@ -514,6 +512,24 @@ Signal an error if SEQUENCE is empty."
   (null list))
 
 
+(defun seq--into-list (sequence)
+  "Concatenate the elements of SEQUENCE into a list."
+  (if (listp sequence)
+      sequence
+    (append sequence nil)))
+
+(defun seq--into-vector (sequence)
+  "Concatenate the elements of SEQUENCE into a vector."
+  (if (vectorp sequence)
+      sequence
+    (vconcat sequence)))
+
+(defun seq--into-string (sequence)
+  "Concatenate the elements of SEQUENCE into a string."
+  (if (stringp sequence)
+      sequence
+    (concat sequence)))
+
 (defun seq--activate-font-lock-keywords ()
   "Activate font-lock keywords for some symbols defined in seq."
   (font-lock-add-keywords 'emacs-lisp-mode
diff --git a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq-tests.el b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq-tests.el
index fc65c9834d6..a7a43471de3 100644
--- a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq-tests.el
@@ -391,5 +391,13 @@ Evaluate BODY for each created sequence.
     (should (equal (seq-mapn #'+ '(3 4 5 7) l1)
                    '(4 5 6 8)))))
 
+(ert-deftest test-seq-into-and-identity ()
+  (let ((lst '(1 2 3))
+        (vec [1 2 3])
+        (str "foo bar"))
+    (should (eq (seq-into lst 'list) lst))
+    (should (eq (seq-into vec 'vector) vec))
+    (should (eq (seq-into str 'string) str))))
+
 (provide 'seq-tests)
 ;;; seq-tests.el ends here
-- 
2.39.2