From: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: 28254@debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject: bug#28254: 26.0.50; SRFI-2 and-let*
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:29:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170912142955.GA31269@holos.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lglkcdy1.fsf@drachen>
On 12/09/17 at 02:13pm, Michael Heerdegen wrote:
> Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu> writes:
>
> > This is a patch implementing the above: if-let and when-let only take
> > single tuple, while {if,when,and}-let* lose the single tuple special
> > case.
>
> I wonder if we should mark if-let and when-let obsolete instead.
> Because it is only a special case of the if-let* and when-let* forms
> (with only one binding), so it is absolutely redundant. Also, I find
> the new syntax breaking with the binding-list syntax of let confusing.
> Finally, it would ease the transition for programmers: the modified
> if-let and when-let break existing code, and it's not obviously for
> programmers what's suddenly wrong.
Sounds good to me.
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Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-08-27 20:11 bug#28254: 26.0.50; SRFI-2 and-let* Mark Oteiza
2017-09-01 2:55 ` npostavs
2017-09-02 2:10 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-02 3:05 ` npostavs
2017-09-02 4:14 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-02 5:25 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-02 13:36 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-02 18:41 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-09-03 17:48 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-03 22:39 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-04 0:48 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-04 14:12 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-05 3:47 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-05 15:04 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-06 12:12 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-06 13:06 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-06 19:04 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-04 1:13 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-05 3:55 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-09 0:33 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-12 12:39 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-12 13:09 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-12 18:44 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-12 20:21 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-13 10:16 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-13 11:48 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-13 16:46 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-13 16:49 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-13 17:05 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-13 17:28 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-13 17:49 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-12 12:13 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-12 14:29 ` Mark Oteiza [this message]
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