how to speed up Lisp devel time

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2024 at 8:24 PM
> From: "Emanuel Berg" <incal@dataswamp.org>
> To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: how to speed up Lisp devel time
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> >> One thing one could try is to replace boring, trivial stuff
> >> with non-Lisp syntax and have that embedded. [...]
> >
> > Why do you need that?
>
> It is faster to type (fewer chars), and easier to edit, and
> more easy to read because not so packed with parenthesis.
> Overall faster, less error-prone.
>
> Another example could be, instead `let'/`let*', "wet":
>
> (wet
>   var1 0
>   var2 (some-lisp)
>   )
>
> It is always like `let*' so no more annoying errors based
> on that!

We simple need the additional tools that go beyond the traditional ways
of reading source code.  I suggest incorporating the functionality
of rainbow-delimiters into core emacs so that the functionality is automatic.

That solves the difficulties mentioned.



> It comes in two forms, either
>
> (wet
>   var1 0
>   var2 (some-lisp)
>     (some-lisp-body)
>   )
>
> where var1 and var2 would be bound in the Lisp
> (some-lisp-body), or just
>
> (wet
>   var1 0
>   var2 (some-lisp)
>   )
>
> Where they would be valid for the rest of where ever you place
> it - the rest of the `defun', for example.
>
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