Re: Why shouldn't we have a #if .... #else .... #endif construct in Emacs Lisp?

[Stefan Kangas]

Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:

> I looked at APEL, and its code was near identical to what I (with help
> from PK) wrote.  I'd have nothing against the name static-if instead.
> As long as this doesn't raise copyright assignment problems, assuming
> the authors of APEL haven't assigned copyright to the FSF.

I think it's fine as far as copyright goes.  You came up with your
version independently, before even looking at their code.  We even
have a public record of that right here on this list.  IANAL, but the
name `static-if' in itself is also not copyrightable, AFAIU.