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Re: What's missing in ELisp that makes people want to use cl-lib?


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: What's missing in ELisp that makes people want to use cl-lib?
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:44:23 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: joaotavora@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2024 23:11:27 -0500
> 
> This suggests an idea to me:
> we can define something in the byte compiler to distinguish simple
> uses of cl-loop from non-simle ones, and warn about the latter.
> 
> The distinction could be a matter of whether it uses cl-loop features
> that are less frequently used.  Or perhaps how MANY cl-loop features
> are used.  (There is no need to try to make this precise or quibble
> about the details.)
> 
> We could enable the warning for source files in the Emacs distribution.

If someone wants to work on this, it's fine by me.  The actual
decision needs to be taken only when and if patches to that effect are
submitted.



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