Re: Three questions about pcase for Stefan

[Stefan Monnier]

>> And to tell you the truth, I don't think it's a great idea to make nil
>> and t match themselves.
> Why?  It would be quite useful in practice, and fit perfectly into the
> rest of the semantics.

Because, as history has shown, there are other "intuitive/natural"
semantics for t and nil here, so I think it's better to just reject
those patterns and avoid any possible confusion.

> Of course one can still quote them...

Indeed, and it's so easy to do, that I don't see much benefit in letting
people drop the quote.


        Stefan