From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Sweeter Emacs Lisp Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 21:43:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8738rh6ftk.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373831044 25928 80.91.229.3 (14 Jul 2013 19:44:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 19:44:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: fgallina@gnu.org, emacs-devel To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 14 21:44:05 2013 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 1UySDE-0001oy-3q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 21:44:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42672 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UySDD-0001tW-P0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:44:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49974) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UySD8-0001rv-BH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:44:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UySD5-0000VB-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:43:58 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:58922) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UySD5-0000V7-MS; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:43:55 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UySCu-0003pb-8e; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 21:43:44 +0200 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAFVBMVEULBwQYCwkMCAUOCQYJ BgMoFhShlpEZimhkAAACYUlEQVQ4jXWUTXMaMQyGte6mZ4zHnB2Z5Lxr1zl7djw9x7jinMIs//8n VDKBtMlUO3DQg77fBS7/MfhdK32Y1vFqOzhX/Y+ZgBiDf4FVfiafblHr7Qg4lu8CqiVq9yTxR8ml /ORUNDOo0YjTy1cpHZCNUrb/OKigME4dnEgbjpi7PwAoQNwXrnGy1pCkEkMYR7dgcBIxJ30HgUHJ ziNwRNTJUJ2bj96jEzIqAWddTbTN9urgFPc6crJnjojWJG0bJ5rAQYEMC7hnODPgrkjG4G2wmx/l JMJS1ZZa78plkPHyKECS2OuINixuzGNeoAMezld75GS74BBKzkuvodMUfK01UbSczHFfGV8EBAxo Z6JLTF7qu7KoK+B2Ut9wB5xNQW83RnbJTWLfJYoJaMm0cGQ/RdO8nJY3I4AXZeKlRgZzmhvxDl0W YCnRfGkpJZNqPaDih+9xjnPjRtequV9qQSkFWcDpqoDjalIiTU9zLjxij+gm243a0OPq4JCXfAeJ Txhiq+F4oAlAVBL8DWDYkidLXF9uHt5zhThNQE/rA21GyFcgMYkPC0Md1s1Ie9VTvesPo1PfEpA9 iP4+IsID7xjshudn/9rnCIpJTROgpdeN7S/KEd7Yid7HHQ2aL3wQ8bP8d3BCSRXivEXiVK/ebn17 ZF29CeCo4FnQrBw36MaHYzGo9+LcLQJoxN7jy20lojYBj+ErkAg1RPUJBI5wCrzdfAEcMrhq4QZm c4twMND2c4T4x1J45l8Z7yCoiBO/SqUsQx3LEn0QlbBCy76r/2YAezmtR2SB/+VXQVL972/pD7Nw 5d2hVXkyAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC X-Now-Playing: B B S's _Brick Mask_: "Mask" X-Hashcash: 1:23:130714:emacs-devel@gnu.org::7jM6xYq3/ccXRuot:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000007QCC X-Hashcash: 1:23:130714:fgallina@gnu.org::PdgZhVDOItBO8mMI:0gpZs X-Hashcash: 1:23:130714:lekktu@gmail.com::aVFK70K1zL6ZnQ7+:0n1uy In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:27:34 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1UySCu-0003pb-8e MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1374435824.34247@ye4WeerOLiiatB14pI/Qiw X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 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:161884 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero writes: >> Destructuring lambda argument lists (a la Common Lisp) would be very >> nice, yes, but is probably an uphill battle. > > Why? Wouldn't it be difficult to implement it so that it would be backwards-compatible? Hm... perhaps not? (defmacro foo ((bar zot &rest gazonk) &body body) ...) would probably be unambiguous. In which case, I vote for introducing this in Emacs Lisp. :-) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/