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@ 2021-07-16 22:42 Hongyi Zhao
  2021-07-16 23:12 ` Eric Abrahamsen
  2021-07-17 17:52 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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From: Hongyi Zhao @ 2021-07-16 22:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Should I use (unless ...) or (when (not ...))? Which one is preferable?

Regards
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Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering
No. 473, Quannan West Street, Xindu District, Xingtai, Hebei province



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* Re: (unless ...) vs (when (not ...))
  2021-07-16 22:42 (unless ...) vs (when (not ...)) Hongyi Zhao
@ 2021-07-16 23:12 ` Eric Abrahamsen
  2021-07-17 17:52 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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From: Eric Abrahamsen @ 2021-07-16 23:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Hongyi Zhao; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> writes:

> Should I use (unless ...) or (when (not ...))? Which one is preferable?

In terms of compilation, they both turn into `if' statements, so there's
no real difference there. Personally I find that, when I'm "reading" the
code out loud in my head, one approach will sound more natural than the
other, which can make things a little quicker to parse mentally. But it
really depends on what the condition is and how it's tested.



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* Re: (unless ...) vs (when (not ...))
  2021-07-16 22:42 (unless ...) vs (when (not ...)) Hongyi Zhao
  2021-07-16 23:12 ` Eric Abrahamsen
@ 2021-07-17 17:52 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-07-17 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Hongyi Zhao wrote:

> Should I use (unless ...) or (when (not ...))? Which one
> is preferable?

`unless'

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