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> From: Tomas Hlavaty <tom@logand.com>
> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:57:10 +0100
> 
> And now thanks to pcase there is also cond*.
> What a mess.

I honestly don't understand why having several more-or-less equivalent
forms, all accepted and used, so that each user can use whatever he or
she likes, is "a mess".  In my book, it's "user-friendliness", let
alone "flexibility".