From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Code for cond* Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:59:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40668"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 30 04:59:40 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rUfHf-000AON-KR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 04:59:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rUfHP-0001jU-Ao; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:59:23 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rUfHO-0001jD-Aw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:59:22 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rUfHO-0001g3-2J; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:59:22 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Date:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: mime-version; bh=vDhYuSVJQXGkJrj40TqxHcgvbg0eX9QTAJUIPHVd/XQ=; b=PzhUJSWOXb8E DZq7YcCQPRK89iplzIhqSCUYd36dU5iS2wLx/wuDVjsD+bUcmUpO8ZYqHj/pm/rmtzw2d/Z9kM/8S RLmc34I1Qw5mFeniobf5zONGp09Fbsm+gcnAlSgI/ylwhOK0ojdk9C/rA00im979Nx8um0LnKNQ8p 3MWkZlXnMDFEcHlCmXNb3LHpU/JuehT6XIEHX/OumnAtTHiYDJ2ciwDrFuXzeWNZ8XAnNg6svMm/Q 7/HxsgQtm0RDUfvzVENLdwy4sxHCcirHR9y13Cit1UrO2/hsdoGQYheEtUeuqM0IILMki1BI/EH2e qGk35MtPIrFaEfpHf5OS6A==; Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rUfHN-00014q-7b; Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:59:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: (emacs-devel@gnu.org) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:315629 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. ]]] > > `let*' is a Lisp function, and that is reflected in the syntax for using it. > > Calling this `let*' would be misleading, > I didn't suggest to call it `let*`. > `pcase-let` is not called `let` and neither is `cl-macrolet` :-) What, then, would you suggest as a name instead of bind*? I can't see where that finger is pointing. > ((bind* (x foobar) y z (foo 5) a)) > would collide with an actual `bind*` function or macro. The idea is that there won't be any. > I do like such a uniform rule. I just think it needs to be more visible > than just the absence of something before the next close paren. Would you like to show me more suggestions? That way I could see if I like any of them. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)