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Re: let-alist can't deal with the keys which includes spaces.


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: let-alist can't deal with the keys which includes spaces.
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:17:32 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> The docstring is confusing IMO, your example so-so but
> better because of the initial "`let-alist' is just a handy
> way to destructure an alist" line, but why not just put it
> like this?
>
> (setq numbers '((one   . 1)
>                 (two   . 2)
>                 (three . 3)
>                 (four  . 4) ))
>
> (let-alist numbers
>   (list .one .two .three .four) ) ; (1 2 3 4)

Or even better, because that's how it is supposed to be used,
right, instead of `let' or as a variety thereof?

  (let-alist '((one   . 1)
               (two   . 2)
               (three . 3)
               (four  . 4) )
    (list .one .two .three .four) ) ; (1 2 3 4)

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