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Re: [External] : Re: Emacs 30.0 warning from `cl-pushnew' and `memql'


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Emacs 30.0 warning from `cl-pushnew' and `memql'
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 23:53:41 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)

> That's what you've been claiming, and what I've
> been requesting examples of.  Please show, for
> the "restrictive" use case that `case' fulfills,
> corresponding examples of `case' and `pcase'
> that demonstrate, in your eyes, that `pcase' is
> simpler (or even as simple).

You've got it backwards.  The onus is on you to demonstrate that
`cl-case` syntax is simpler.

You're the one who advocates to have both `pcase` and `cl-case`, based
on the unsubstantiated claim that `cl-case`s syntax is simpler:

> And yes, it's good to have something that handles lots of cases, even
> if that makes understanding the syntax complicated.  But that's not
> a reason not to _also_ have a simple syntax for a common, simple use
> case.  `pcase' provides the former; `case' provides the latter.



        Stefan




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