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Re: master 2e9111813b: Add two classic Common Lisp macro-writing macros


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: master 2e9111813b: Add two classic Common Lisp macro-writing macros
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:35:37 +0300

> From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 22:48:42 -0700
> 
> > (And why not use "gensym" instead of the wordier "uninterned symbol"?
> > that's why you introduced that terminology, right?)
> 
> I wanted to use "gensym" in the description of cl-with-gensyms because
> of the name of that macro.  But otherwise, I was thinking that it's a
> less familiar term in Elisp than it is in CL, and that "uninterned
> symbol" was the most familiar Elisp term.  I don't mind changing it if
> you think that's not so much of a concern.

It isn't a big deal, but in general, if you introduce terminology, you
should use it.  "Chekhov's gun" and all that, you know...

> Revised patch attached.

Thanks, LGTM.



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