Re: Instead of pcase

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > But a person who is just starting to look at this code, and reads that
  > > function first, is likely to be impeded in starting to reach that sort
  > > of understanding.
  > >

  > I have to respectfully disagree - dotted pair notation is a pretty
  > fundamental part of LISP syntax, regardless of dialect.

That is true, but it is not pertinent to my finding that pcase code
confusing.  I know what dotted pairs mean, but I was not sure what
they meant in pcase patterns.

Likewise for Eli.  It is unkind and unhelpful to lecture him about
what dotted paris are.

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