 
 ;; ** Dependencies
 
-;; (require 'jit-lock)								; why?
+;; (require 'jit-lock)	; why?
 (require 'cl-lib)
 ;; for:
 ;; oddp


;; *** Using Lists As Sets

(defun ngender-union (&rest bags)
  "return list set union of list bags"
	(delete-dups (apply #'append bags)) )

(defun ngender-update-union (symbol &rest items)
  (set symbol (ngender-union (ngender-symbol-value symbol) items) ) )

;; *** Managing Path Set Lists



(require 'package)

(defvar package-archives
  (ngender-symbol-value 'package-archives '( ("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/") ) )
  "requested package archives" )

;; improve these with regexp matching!!
(defun ngender-archive-name-p (name) (stringp name))
