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bug#67669: 29.1; Drop text suggesting using `and' to replace `if'


From: Xiyue Deng
Subject: bug#67669: 29.1; Drop text suggesting using `and' to replace `if'
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 01:11:49 -0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> Well if we use `if' with else then yes.  
>
> Even if we use it with THEN.
>
> `if' and `cond' are completely general and
> don't, by themselves abstractly, suggest
> any particular connotation for a human
> reader.  They can return any value you like.
> Whether the value returned is used anywhere
> is neither determined nor suggested by any
> convention.

Ack.  As I replied to Eli, TIL that `and' and `if' are actually used
interchangeably in Elisp.  Thanks!

-- 
Xiyue Deng





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