From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Rolf Ade <rolf@pointsman.de>
Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Anaphoric macros: increase visibility
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:03:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV-9SFZoYvy=kcM_VPLoUomfLdgDL5bf14ymTcYuGEEo_4A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k29y2x1g.fsf@pointsman.de>
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 9:30 PM, Rolf Ade <rolf@pointsman.de> wrote:
>
> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
>> We also already have `if-let' and `when-let' in "subr-x". They are like
>> `aif' and `awhen' but you specify "it" explicitly.
>
> Since you mention them ... I probably miss something obvious but from
> looking at the documentation of if-let
>
> (if-let BINDINGS THEN &rest ELSE)
>
> and of when-let
>
> (when-let BINDINGS &rest BODY)
>
> I don't get, why there is a need for when-let?
>
Just like there is both `if' and `when', it's useful to have both
`if-let' and `when-let'.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-14 3:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-13 8:39 Anaphoric macros: increase visibility Tino Calancha
2017-01-13 19:48 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-01-14 2:30 ` Rolf Ade
2017-01-14 2:48 ` Rolf Ade
2017-01-14 3:03 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2017-01-14 4:13 ` Richard Copley
2017-01-14 5:27 ` Tino Calancha
2017-01-15 0:39 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-01-15 2:24 ` On the naming/behavior of {if, when}-let (was Re: Anaphoric macros: increase visibility) Mark Oteiza
2017-01-15 2:26 ` Anaphoric macros: increase visibility Michael Heerdegen
2017-01-15 10:24 ` Tino Calancha
2017-01-15 15:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-16 2:44 ` Tino Calancha
2017-01-16 3:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-14 6:25 ` Dmitri Paduchikh
2017-01-14 7:56 ` Tino Calancha
2017-01-14 10:15 ` Dmitri Paduchikh
2017-01-15 0:29 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-01-15 2:03 ` Dmitri Paduchikh
2017-01-15 2:16 ` Michael Heerdegen
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