Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources

[Achim Gratz <Stromeko@Nexgo.DE>]

Am 31.10.2018 um 17:20 schrieb Eli Zaretskii:
> I think we can do better in this part:
> 
>      Evaluate BODY with bindings made by matching PATTERN to each
>      element of LIST in turn.  PATTERN is a pcase pattern
> 
> I think using "matching" here is detrimental to understanding what's
> going on, which is a destructuring binding that uses pcase patterns.
> (The "matching" here is between the structures of PATTERN and elements
> of LIST, but the usual meaning of "matching" in Emacs is different,
> especially when "patterns" are mentioned nearby.  So we should not use
> "matching" here, at least not without significant qualifiers, like
> "structure matching" or somesuch.)
> 
> And this:
> 
>      Should the matching fail for any LIST element, the results are
>      undefined.
> 
> should be reworded to explain that elements of LIST should have a
> structure compatible with PATTERN, so that the destructuring works.

How about this:

PATTERN describes the expected structure of LIST and is used to 
establish bindings to corresponding elements of LIST during evaluation 
of BODY.  Undefined behaviour results if the structure of LIST is 
different from that described by PATTERN.


-- 
Achim.

(on the road :-)