Re: cond*

[Richard Stallman]

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  > In particular, I believe that (PRED ...) in conf* is no
  > less confusing than (pred ...) that pcase provides.

A few people misunderstood it from the initial version of the
documentation, but that is no reason to think the feature itself
is confusing.

The corresponding pcase `pred' feature is certainly not better -- it
is inside out -- and I don't see any other alternative to try.  If you
would like to suggest one, I'd look at it with interest.

                                                        IMHO, the recursive
  > (PRED1 (PRED2 ...) ...) is more confusing compared to what pcase offers.

You may be right about that.  I decided to remove it, for now.

I introduced a `and' construction which is like the one in pcase.
It can be used for the same purposes and may be more natural.

Thanks for working with me.

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