Re: Installing cond* in core

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Dmitry.

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 15:02:29 +0200, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> On 28/01/2024 14:38, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Pretending it didn't happen and failing to discuss it is not healthy for
> > the project.  Routine bug fixes, and uncontroversial stuff is committed
> > without discussion, yes.  Otherwise we'd be doing nothing else but silly
> > discussions on emacs-devel.

> The addition of pcase was a boon for the project.

You're missing the point.  pcase has flaws, and even now, 14 years
later, isn't satisfactorally documented.  All you seem to be saying is
that pcase is better than no pcase.  I'd agree with that.

But if pcase were so good, why is Richard writing a better replacement?

> Its uses in particularly important areas, like bytecomp, might have been 
> a subject for discussion, but we don't really do that when all active 
> contributors to an area of code agree with the technical decision.

You're being a bit vague there, but when have all active contributors to
any area of code been in agreement?

> And they did agree, otherwise the discussion would have had materialized 
> at the spot.

That's not the way things happened.  pcase was simply installed in
Emacs, with all its faults, and then proliferated round Emacs.  Where
was the room for discussion?  Discussion is difficult after something
has already been done.

If you're trying to say that pcase is better than nothing, so people use
it, then I'd agree.  But if you're trying to insist it's as good as it
could be, I'd ask you why Richard is spending a lot of time crafting a
better replacement.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).