Re: Code for cond*

[João Távora]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 9:48 AM Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> wrote:

> We will end up with `pcase' for those that happen to prefer that, and
> `cond*' for those that happen to prefer that.  For me, as a maintainer,
> I now have to know not one, but two relatively complex macros.  While I
> realize that ELisp has been largely designed in an ad-hoc way,
> consciously introducing such needless proliferation does not strike me
> as a particularly good way to design a programming system.

+1 to everything said.  And if cond* does show up somewhere, please
really implementing its interface in terms of pcase, whenever possible
(it seems it is possible in most if not all cases).

> In summary, I recommend installing `cond*' as a new package on GNU ELPA.
> This is a good way of exploring an alternative version of an existing
> macro.

+1 here, too.

João