From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kaushal Modi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things. Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:22:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20151216202605.GA3752@acm.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450380957 11855 80.91.229.3 (17 Dec 2015 19:35:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:35:57 +0000 (UTC) To: Kaushal Modi , Alan Mackenzie , Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 17 20:35:56 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 1a9eLD-0006Eb-DK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:35:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56622 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9eLC-0004xc-My for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:35:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53856) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9e8w-0000pj-NO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:23:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9e8r-0007Oe-LW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:23:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qg0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22a]:34810) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a9e8r-0007OX-HK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:23:09 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qg0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id p88so317879qge.1 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:23:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=sTTIvkwBKXs2hVDcMtnJ8b7BOjRbXu3kdtipPfRD9YY=; b=NfFB2Hi5Q3/jRh5RmHvV1kbbSz9WdRI8XFT8TjTQ9lQ2V3x2M9hYwjTLDUZ41SAq+k t8iFJ53aBGShI0ZgZgPFz4tCp0qqMeZZnSyAkqnLpffRsAknSwYh6KP3Ot3i+Dcs/CDd m5VIFNpnTLMByHB9xL96tXJLHE3PvUdMhbkb16qzrVsTV9gkXGSxXuvowQyZnGrmAnab 2pW+ETwx1MUAh6wBhd/naRPHw+M9Ya8rsSWUyYrsHLJIlsCtHPzgb6gE3zufQumludsC bp+pnDnf75afH6/p0KW+4Na9tBHf+YbjaqbFep6nF8IQtKtjJIDLYg75m+5V8WsVeEZn bX/g== X-Received: by 10.140.92.35 with SMTP id a32mr36898744qge.92.1450380189182; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:23:09 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.55.143.7 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:22:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22a 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:196429 Archived-At: > There are several examples shown here: > > http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PatternMatching > Thanks John. I have no experience with functional programming and so I did not understand the "shape" explanation. But now that I got some clue as to what to look for online, I will do some digging. I will start with the emacswiki page you pointed.