Re: cl-functions do not honor common-lisp-indent-function

[Helmut Eller]

On Wed, Dec 26 2012, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Helmut Eller writes:
>
>  > Those cl-* symbols have no (predefined) meaning for Common Lisp so
>  > shouldn't be in cl-indent.el; for the same reason there shouldn't be
>  > rules for save-excursion or condition-case.
>
> That is irrelevant.

Why?  Why should common-lisp-indent-function, by default, implement
something other than the Common Lisp conventions?  Should
scheme-indent-function also support Emacs Lisp macros like cl-flet?

> If the user thinks of these symbols as equivalent
> to "real" Common Lisp standard symbols, then the user has every right
> to ask Emacs to treat them as Common Lisp symbols.

An Emacs Lisp user or for that matter a Scheme user has not "every
right" to dictate the indentation rules for Common Lisp users.

Helmut