From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: pcase-dolist Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:14:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405088124 19842 80.91.229.3 (11 Jul 2014 14:15:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:15:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Sebastian Wiesner Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 11 16:15:16 2014 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 1X5bbW-0001Ib-7Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:15:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45180 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5bbV-00057y-OZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:15:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50002) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5bbL-00052N-VT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:15:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5bbD-0000vo-Qf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:12105) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5bbD-0000vW-LW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:14:55 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArcGAIDvNVNLd+D9/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSlK/a4EXF3SCJQEBAQECASMzIwULCw4MAhgOAgIUGA0kiAQIrxuifheBKY0eMweCb4FJBKkZgWqDTCE X-IPAS-Result: ArcGAIDvNVNLd+D9/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSlK/a4EXF3SCJQEBAQECASMzIwULCw4MAhgOAgIUGA0kiAQIrxuifheBKY0eMweCb4FJBKkZgWqDTCE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,753,1389762000"; d="scan'208";a="77171098" Original-Received: from 75-119-224-253.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.224.253]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 11 Jul 2014 10:14:54 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7182B616F3; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:14:54 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Sebastian Wiesner's message of "Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:50:51 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 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:172987 Archived-At: > Is this merely an oversight, or are we not supposed to use this macro in >>> Emacs Lisp code for some reason? >> It was a lack of decision. I do use it, and you can use it as well. > And it=E2=80=99s not just going away at some time, is it? No. >> I think pcase-dolist should ultimately be renamed to just `dolist'. > I=E2=80=99d like that, but will that happen by making a proper obsolete a= lias that > doesn=E2=80=99t immediately break my code, given that pcase-dolist isn=E2= =80=99t > =E2=80=9Cadvertised=E2=80=9D? Yes. If/when it gets renamed to `dolist', the old name will have the usual obsolete-alias (which, as usual will only stay there for a few years/releases, tho). Stefan