On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 03:12:50PM +0200, Philippe Vaucher wrote:
> >
> > > *
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Association-Lists.html
> > sometimes assoc,
> > >  alist-get, assq, copy-alist. How am I supposed to use `C-h f alist TAB`
> > to discover the function I want? I
> > >  can't, I have to go to that webpage and read it all.
> >
> > I think "C-h d alist RET" is your friend.
> >
> 
> You miss the central point of my argument. The problem is not that the doc
> is hard to find, it's that I *have* to find it to know which are the
> related functions.

True.

> It is much easier for the mind to think in terms of namespaces, here are
> examples from other languages:

What do you propose?

I think "rename everything" doesn't look like a viable option?

[...]

> Again you strawman my argument. Try to understand my central point, and
> then reply to that instead of details of "how you do it right now and that
> works for you".

This is not very constructive. Entering a culture and saying "hey, now you
do everything this way" most probably won't lead to progress, I fear.

I get your points, but now: what could be a way forward?

Cheers
-- t