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Subject: Re: master b72f885: Make dlet work like let, not let*
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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>,
>   emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:19:40 -0400
> 
> > If it's just the name, how about adding the "good" name and making the "bad"
> > name an obsolete alias?  That would at least avoid breaking any code
> > out there that could be using it.
> 
> I don't think it's worth the trouble.
> 
> > Stefan, any comments?  Why did you name it "dlet" without the '*'?
> 
> Because the * is unsightly ;-)

So what are your suggestions regarding this issue?  Leave it as it is
now, go back to what we had before, something else?