Re: [External] : Re: Re: cond*

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > I'd be willing to use a different name if it is better.  Do you have
  > > any suggestions for another name?

  > Two candidates I can think of are 'case' and 'case*'.

If its name were `case', or based on `case', I think the same people
who expect `cond*' to imply a close similarity to `cond', would expect
`case*' to imply an equally close similarity to `cl-case'.  They would
be disappointed in te same way.  `cl-case' has no unconditional clauses.

I think this construct is closer to `cond' than to `cl-case', so the
name `cond*' is better.  Also, `cond' is more generic, which makes it
more suitable as a base from which a construct like this can branch off.

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