* lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el: Renamed from helpers.el.

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index ff3741f4e20..49ad61d9fdb 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ frame.
 +++
 ** New macro with-eval-after-load.  Like eval-after-load, but better behaved.
 
-** New library helpers.el for misc helper functions
+** New library subr-x.el for misc helper functions
 *** `hash-table-keys'
 *** `hash-table-values'
 *** `string-blank-p`
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 00e0864a5fd..8b3a15e1bc9 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-20  Bozhidar Batsov  <bozhidar@batsov.com>
+
+        * emacs-lisp/subr-x.el: Renamed from helpers.el.
+        helpers.el was a poor choice of name.
+
 2013-12-20  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
         Fix assignment for new window total sizes.
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/helpers.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el
index b7996ade777..07e47794134 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/helpers.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;;; helpers.el --- Some non-essential library extensions  -*- lexical-binding:t -*-
+;;; subr-x.el --- extra Lisp functions  -*- lexical-binding:t -*-
 
 ;; Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
+;; Less commonly used functions that complement basic APIs, often implemented in
+;; C code (like hash-tables and strings), and are not eligible for inclusion
+;; in subr.el.
+
 ;;; Code:
 
 (defsubst hash-table-keys (hash-table)
@@ -69,6 +73,6 @@
   "Check whether STRING is either empty or only whitespace."
   (string-match-p "\\`[ \t\n\r]*\\'" string))
 
-(provide 'helpers)
+(provide 'subr-x)
 
-;;; helpers.el ends here
+;;; subr-x.el ends here