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Re: cond*


From: Ihor Radchenko
Subject: Re: cond*
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:03:14 +0000

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>   > 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.

My suggestion is simple - drop PRED and just leave "constrain".
This will be more verbose, but also more clear.

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