Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Clément Pit-Claudel <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:28:45 -0400
> 
> > But the pattern is not the one that destructures.  So I think
> > "pattern-based destructuring" or "destructuring using patterns" would
> > be better.  Or something like that.  I'm still looking for an
> > appropriate term.
> 
> I think I don't understand what kind of term you're looking for, then :/
> A "destructuring pattern" is a thing; "destructuring using patterns" is an 
> action.

A thing can be called "destructuring" if it destructures something.
It's like a "flying carpet": the carpet that flies.  But in our case
the patterns don't destructure anything, they are a means for
destructuring.