From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Always using let* Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:48:51 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87r3zbuqp8.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87fvfukmso.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> <93faab1c-96bd-4188-9686-3869fc027601@default> <732966c5-a667-4fc7-9d07-8da315862ce2@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410907832 21626 80.91.229.3 (16 Sep 2014 22:50:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:50:32 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 17 00:50:26 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1XU1Zo-0000f0-Vd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:50:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41161 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XU1Zn-0006Bz-Up for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:50:24 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: P0uMB9BthHuWo8+BJXB4Mw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:6D16zDHGrznNdsNgq4Bot3YqugY= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207695 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99967 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > In some cases, `setq' can't be easily avoided, but > otherwise, I strongly recommend let* over let+setq. Absolutely, it totally goes against my instinct to use let and then setq! > If it depended on me, I'd swap the two since in most > cases you could use let*, it's very rare to really > need `let'. You mean "let, and not let*?" Because I use let all the time and I don't think that is uncommon. -- underground experts united