From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things. Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 14:15:37 +0200 Message-ID: <83mvt6vdli.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20151216202605.GA3752@acm.fritz.box> <87fuz0ydvb.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83poy4xm60.fsf@gnu.org> <871tak15pb.fsf@gmx.us> <8360zwxgbu.fsf@gnu.org> <87vb7wdpz5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <831takxccb.fsf@gnu.org> <87egej3dvb.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83h9jfwuab.fsf@gnu.org> <83r3iivg02.fsf@gnu.org> <87fuyyllat.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450527325 7182 80.91.229.3 (19 Dec 2015 12:15:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:15:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rasmus@gmx.us, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 19 13:15:24 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aAGPx-0002Nm-DC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 13:15:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37043 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aAGPw-0007PU-Lq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:15:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54275) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aAGPs-0007PI-9e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:15:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aAGPo-0003XY-9x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:15:16 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40104) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aAGPo-0003XQ-7j; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:15:12 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3603 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aAGPn-0003d7-9Q; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:15:11 -0500 In-reply-to: <87fuyyllat.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from David Kastrup on Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:39:22 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:196501 Archived-At: > From: David Kastrup > Cc: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk, rasmus@gmx.us, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:39:22 +0100 > > The Detailed Node listing now reads > > Control Structures > > * Sequencing:: Evaluation in textual order. > * Conditionals:: @code{if}, @code{cond}, @code{when}, @code{unless}. > * Combining Conditions:: @code{and}, @code{or}, @code{not}. > * Iteration:: @code{while} loops. > * Generators:: Generic sequences and coroutines. > * Nonlocal Exits:: Jumping out of a sequence. > > Conditionals > > * Pattern matching case statement:: How to use @code{pcase}. > > Nonlocal Exits > > * Catch and Throw:: Nonlocal exits for the program's own purposes. > * Examples of Catch:: Showing how such nonlocal exits can be written. > * Errors:: How errors are signaled and handled. > * Cleanups:: Arranging to run a cleanup form if an > > Note that "Conditionals" now appears twice: as a proper node name and as > a newly added section containing only "pcase" and nothing else. Yes, and that is a problem because...?