>>   > In what sense is the above cl-case more clear than the pcase equivalent?
>>   > I'm not saying the pcase version is better in those cases, but I think
>>   > the respective advantages and disadvantages pretty much balance out.
>> I also wonder.  Is it simply that people find pcase unfamiliar?

> Well, I can't speak for others, but personally, though I find pattern
> matching as a concept straightforward and intuitive, pcase syntax
> seems unnecessarily complex and unintuitive.

Joost, could you post this in another thread?  You're discussing
destructuring pcase patterns, whereas this discussion is about cl-case
vs pcase, where there's no destructuring and no backquote in sight.