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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
Cc: 51368@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51368: 29.0.50; `cl-case' should error on incorrect use
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:31:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v91ct330.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAArVCkTdO+mEU9g-shQfiq3_WncTf56zPtMWLc=goSERgh0=Cw@mail.gmail.com> (Philipp Stephani's message of "Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:53:53 +0100")

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> writes:

> Yes, but the problem only arises if the user wants to match the symbol
> `quote' plus exactly one other value. That should already be
> exceedingly rare, and can be trivially rewritten by swapping the two
> values (i.e. write (foo quote) instead of (quote foo)). So I think
> issuing a warning or error for that case is worth it.

I think we're getting into slightly muddy waters, but I think I agree --
a warning here is (much more) likely to be helpful than not.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-01 13:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-24  7:52 bug#51368: 29.0.50; `cl-case' should error on incorrect use Philipp Stephani
2021-10-24  8:16 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-10-24 12:46   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-24 17:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-31 18:53   ` Philipp Stephani
2021-11-01 13:31     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-11-12 19:34       ` Philipp Stephani
2021-11-14  1:09         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14 15:08         ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-09-13 15:19           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-13 16:12             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-09-13 16:15               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2023-09-03  8:48             ` Stefan Kangas
2022-10-02 21:39 ` Göktuğ Kayaalp
2023-09-03 13:40 ` Mattias Engdegård
2023-10-01 17:03   ` Stefan Kangas

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