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Tue, 9 Aug 2022 11:10:29 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87fsi8re7l.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Sun, 07 Aug 2022 04:15:42 +0200") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:239140 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen writes: > Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > >> when-let is a 3:1 winner over when-let* in the Emacs tree, so I think >> the public has spokeneth, and we should document when-let and not >> when-let*. (And just pretend that when-let doesn't have the compat >> forms in the manual.) > > Could be that most uses date from before the new names had been added. > AFAIR using the * names was an agreement in some thread in the past - > when this had been discussed the last time. I could imagine this being the case, and from grepping through lisp/. I also get the impression that people decide to use when-let vs. when-let* the same way they would when choosing between let and let*, even though both function more like let* than let. Making one "more official" by documenting the less confusingly named alternatives seems like an argument for the *'ed ones to me. > Personally I don't care that much, both names are equally good (or bad). > I would make them synonymous. Although when-let and and-let are already > synonymous names... What and-let are you referring to? All I can find is and-let*. Unless I am missing something, I'd also argue that for the sake of consistency documenting if-let* and when-let* would be preferable. > Michael.