From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Paul W. Rankin" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Improving aesthetics & readability of backquote Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 00:18:32 +1000 Message-ID: References: <87a7fhjl0a.fsf@tcd.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="110992"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.2 Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Basil L. 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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:236796 Archived-At: On Mon, May 20 2019, Basil L. Contovounesios wrote: >> Are you suggesting that ,@b is easier to comprehend than >> (splice b)? I think >> that is a hard case to make. Try to put yourself in the mindset >> of someone just >> learning Emacs Lisp. > > I think this is a subjective matter, so the question is, as you > say in > your other message, whether aliases should be added for those > that > prefer the latter form; not which form each person finds most > readable. I've written a function that doubles a number x, but I'm thinking about what to call it... _||x& or (double x) Jokes aside, yes I do think Emacs would benefit from an option for people to use a clearer syntax for lisp form interpolation.