From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Another pcase-lambda
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:12:24 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d162ao47.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87fuazmazc.fsf@web.de
On Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:03:03 +0200 Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:
MH> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 10:29:53 -0400 Stefan Monnier
>> <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>
SM> There a "case" to be made that all variable bindings should
SM> support the pcase syntax (i.e. dolist should be pcase-dolist, let
SM> should be pcase-let, ...).
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand what you're proposing.
MH> AFAIU the proposal is to make any construct that receives variable
MH> bindings implicitly act like the `pcase' variant, i.e. `lambda' would
MH> become equivalent to `pcase-lambda' (which would become obsolete) etc.
That sounds good for people who use `pcase'. Does it have the potential
to create confusion or bugs (including performance issues) for the rest?
If yes, can it be optional for some time?
Outside of those concerns, I think it's a great idea and would use it.
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-04 16:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-19 0:56 Another pcase-lambda Mark Oteiza
2017-09-21 11:40 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-22 21:37 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-22 21:50 ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2017-09-23 14:25 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-23 14:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-09-23 15:31 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-09-28 21:11 ` Ted Zlatanov
2017-10-04 11:03 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-10-04 16:12 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2017-10-05 3:13 ` Stefan Monnier
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