Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 a9c48d5: Additional fixes for file notification

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

John Wiegley <address@hidden> writes:

>> Here's a list of `cl-' stuff that I like to use, which I think wouldn't
>> bring confusion without a `cl-' prefix: `cl-find-if', `cl-remove-if-not',
>> `cl-incf', `cl-position-if', `cl-caadr', `cl-rotatef',
>> `cl-destructuring-bind'.
>
> +100 from me. I deeply dislike the cl- prefix, especially for common things
> like incf and loop.

Me three.

> I would like to see prefix-less aliases for many of the functions in
> cl-lib.  Let's create a module cl-intf that requires cl-lib and
> provides those aliases; and then allow cl-intf to be used in core, so
> long as we ensure that cl-intf never shadows existing Emacs Lisp
> functions also in core.

I kinda worry about the back-and-forthness on this issue, though.  Even
if I really dislike typing and reading stuff like `cl-incf', at least we
had finally arrived at a solution where those functions could be used.
Do we want to rehash this discussion once more?  :-)

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