From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "John Wiegley" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A protest against pcase, pcase-let, pcase-let* Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:29:20 -0500 Organization: New Artisans LLC Message-ID: References: <20150331180029.GF2871@acm.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427826625 16138 80.91.229.3 (31 Mar 2015 18:30:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:30:25 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 31 20:30:21 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1Yd0uq-0005Aw-OI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:29:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40071 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd0uq-0004vy-1x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:29:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52355) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd0ul-0004rG-4x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:29:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd0uh-0006AP-WE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:29:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233]:33254) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd0uh-0006AK-QR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: by iebmp1 with SMTP id mp1so16388333ieb.0 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:29:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:date:organization:message-id :references:user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=NH2NCrIFMdiZVfmKF1P30qyKfKg1C6yLNyKEA06vUT8=; b=UxMpm3E42MWF6xWGipFxUS42BUtWO8j8vDvWRji7bLPv2JLbVQMkEqIlhUTTCovTLE KVwvSh6PFfWHBEc8ifcbNF5L54tyYHiE2wfD2yJcuEX4mf8Rz8KhLOfpJ729ctawIrfR 9KGfbH9+iYrdkN2+UBlSWbwJzXnmAt9uJaA0aetvKTc0aSV3OfeFJNUvgzhbV7AQHH7w tb08dLvWaETjt9jCPHVbjF7lyWDO3ekR/SJS+B+03YzM00gcA1iHO+wog7qZG8W72yz7 k/EPrPCX8+dDUQ9whbiW9m4VIlLkPkTYFWaJ9onK1MdWaCzVO3dqkIiOq0Km3fshXo7/ FpvA== X-Received: by 10.50.29.68 with SMTP id i4mr6345873igh.35.1427826563028; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:29:23 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (c-98-214-120-98.hsd1.il.comcast.net. [98.214.120.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id h15sm10160970ioh.27.2015.03.31.11.29.22 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:29:22 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9B6F18508A20; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:29:21 -0500 (CDT) In-Reply-To: <20150331180029.GF2871@acm.fritz.box> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:00:29 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:184665 Archived-At: >>>>> Alan Mackenzie writes: > Can we please have a moratorium on the use of pcase, etc.? Their use is > gradually proliferating through Emacs, yet they are not documented. -1 from me. It may not be well documented, but it's certainly useful for package authors. Should we be restricted because others are having difficulty figuring out how to use them? John