From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: mvoteiza@udel.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4612b2a 1/2: Implement and-let*
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:39:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1dsAhX-0001B5-4R@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvvaknhm0l.fsf-monnier+emacsdiffs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:21:14 -0400)
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> > (internal--build-binding-value-form): Extend to account for
> > solitary symbols and (EXPR) items in binding varlist.
> We're forced to accept those forms in `let` and `let*` for historical
> reasons,
It is not just a matter of history.
Those are very convenient in 'let'.
It would be a bad idea not to have them.
Whether they are useful in other new constructs, I don't know.
What do these new constructs look like?
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2017-09-12 17:21 ` [Emacs-diffs] master 4612b2a 1/2: Implement and-let* Stefan Monnier
2017-09-12 17:29 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-09-13 16:39 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2017-09-14 15:46 ` Michael Heerdegen
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