+(defun gnus-remove-duplicates (list)
+ (let (new (tail list))
+ (while tail
+ (or (member (car tail) new)
+ (setq new (cons (car tail) new)))
+ (setq tail (cdr tail)))
+ (nreverse new)))
+
+(defun gnus-delete-if (predicate list)
+ "Delete elements from LIST that satisfy PREDICATE."
+ (let (out)
+ (while list
+ (unless (funcall predicate (car list))
+ (push (car list) out))
+ (pop list))
+ (nreverse out)))
+
+(defun gnus-delete-alist (key alist)
+ "Delete all entries in ALIST that have a key eq to KEY."
+ (let (entry)
+ (while (setq entry (assq key alist))
+ (setq alist (delq entry alist)))
+ alist))
+
+(defmacro gnus-pull (key alist)
+ "Modify ALIST to be without KEY."
+ (unless (symbolp alist)
+ (error "Not a symbol: %s" alist))
+ `(setq ,alist (delq (assq ,key ,alist) ,alist)))
+
+(defun gnus-globalify-regexp (re)
+ "Returns a regexp that matches a whole line, iff RE matches a part of it."
+ (concat (unless (string-match "^\\^" re) "^.*")
+ re
+ (unless (string-match "\\$$" re) ".*$")))