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  > > Would you like to help design matching functions to do the same jobs
  > > that pcase does?

  > With pleasure, I'll try to do my best.

Thank you.

  > > I would like to make it possible to combine various matching and
  > > destructuring functions using `and' and `or' (plus any other Lisp
  > > functions you like).

  > Would this still be based on pcase or be something completely new?

It would become part of the cond* idea that I previously posted the
first draft of.  I posted a newer version today.


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