From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4612b2a 1/2: Implement and-let* Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:39:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20170912171813.26498.77867@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <20170912171815.13B9520DE6@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1505320803 511 195.159.176.226 (13 Sep 2017 16:40:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:40:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mvoteiza@udel.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 13 18:39:59 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dsAhi-0008SG-Q0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:39:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43583 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsAhp-00020S-QY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37639) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsAhf-0001nA-5g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:39:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsAhe-0005iF-1F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:39:55 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50268) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dsAhX-0005Xi-Hh; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:39:47 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dsAhX-0001B5-4R; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:39:47 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:21:14 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:218202 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > (internal--build-binding-value-form): Extend to account for > > solitary symbols and (EXPR) items in binding varlist. > We're forced to accept those forms in `let` and `let*` for historical > reasons, It is not just a matter of history. Those are very convenient in 'let'. It would be a bad idea not to have them. Whether they are useful in other new constructs, I don't know. What do these new constructs look like? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.