RE: [External] : Re: cond* vs pcase

[Drew Adams]

>> Being able to do equal instead of eql is also 
>> something that speaks in favour of pcase...
> 
> It speaks more in favor of having CASE where
> you can change the comparison operator...,
> not something much more generic pcase (or
> even cond*!) -- i.e. why use pcase/cond* when
> you're not using any of the features that are
> the main point of those two macros.

Bingo.  Just because `cl-case' is limited to
symbols and `eql', and just because Emacs has
relegated it to `cl-' instead of having its
own `case' for such things, is not a reason
to use `pcase' for such simple cases (trivial
"patterns").

`pcase' mixes powerful pattern-matching with
complex destructuring (binding).  It's truly
overkill for trivial case-testing.
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