4 files changed, 15 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
index 2b8807faad5..f2f7d677e88 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ the sequence, and its index within the sequence."
   "Return a shallow copy of SEQUENCE."
   (copy-sequence sequence))
 
+;;;###autoload
 (cl-defgeneric seq-subseq (sequence start &optional end)
   "Return the sequence of elements of SEQUENCE from START to END.
 END is exclusive.
diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-hist.el b/lisp/eshell/em-hist.el
index b7b1778ebb1..e559f5b39fe 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-hist.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-hist.el
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ matched."
         (setq nth (eshell-hist-word-reference nth)))
       (unless (numberp mth)
         (setq mth (eshell-hist-word-reference mth)))
-      (cons (mapconcat #'identity (eshell-sublist textargs nth mth) " ")
+      (cons (mapconcat #'identity (seq-subseq textargs nth (1+ mth)) " ")
             end))))
 
 (defun eshell-hist-parse-modifier (hist reference)
diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el
index 8ef1ac9c345..1dcbed3d961 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-util.el
@@ -223,18 +223,6 @@ then quoting is done by a backslash, rather than a doubled delimiter."
               (string-to-number string)
             string))))))
 
-(defun eshell-sublist (l &optional n m)
-  "Return from LIST the N to M elements.
-If N or M is nil, it means the end of the list."
-  (let ((a (copy-sequence l)))
-    (if (and m (consp (nthcdr m a)))
-        (setcdr (nthcdr m a) nil))
-    (if n
-        (setq a (nthcdr n a))
-      (setq n (1- (length a))
-            a (last a)))
-    a))
-
 (defvar-local eshell-path-env (getenv "PATH")
   "Content of $PATH.
 It might be different from \(getenv \"PATH\"), when
@@ -710,9 +698,17 @@ gid format.  Valid values are `string' and `integer', defaulting to
 ;     (or result
 ;       (file-attributes filename))))
 
+;; Obsolete.
+
 (define-obsolete-function-alias 'eshell-copy-tree #'copy-tree "28.1")
 (define-obsolete-function-alias 'eshell-user-name #'user-login-name "28.1")
 
+(defun eshell-sublist (l &optional n m)
+  "Return from LIST the N to M elements.
+If N or M is nil, it means the end of the list."
+  (declare (obsolete seq-subseq "28.1"))
+  (seq-subseq l n (1+ m)))
+
 (provide 'esh-util)
 
 ;;; esh-util.el ends here
diff --git a/lisp/wid-edit.el b/lisp/wid-edit.el
index e71290c7ef9..51c6b49e6df 100644
--- a/lisp/wid-edit.el
+++ b/lisp/wid-edit.el
@@ -1878,20 +1878,9 @@ as the argument to `documentation-property'."
   (let ((value (widget-get widget :value)))
     (and (listp value)
          (<= (length value) (length vals))
-         (let ((head (widget-sublist vals 0 (length value))))
+         (let ((head (seq-subseq vals 0 (length value))))
            (and (equal head value)
-                (cons head (widget-sublist vals (length value))))))))
-
-(defun widget-sublist (list start &optional end)
-  "Return the sublist of LIST from START to END.
-If END is omitted, it defaults to the length of LIST."
-  (if (> start 0) (setq list (nthcdr start list)))
-  (if end
-      (unless (<= end start)
-        (setq list (copy-sequence list))
-        (setcdr (nthcdr (- end start 1) list) nil)
-        list)
-    (copy-sequence list)))
+                (cons head (seq-subseq vals (length value))))))))
 
 (defun widget-item-action (widget &optional event)
   ;; Just notify itself.
@@ -4117,7 +4106,9 @@ is inline."
         (setq help-echo (funcall help-echo widget)))
     (if help-echo (message "%s" (eval help-echo)))))
 
-;;; The End:
+;;; Obsolete.
+
+(define-obsolete-function-alias 'widget-sublist #'seq-subseq "28.1")
 
 (provide 'wid-edit)