GNU bug report logs - #16567
24.3.50; pcase should signal an error if no case matches

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Message #44 received at 16567 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16567 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#16567: 24.3.50;
 pcase should signal an error if no case matches
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:17:31 -0400

> Would `pcasex' be acceptable?

It's kind of ugly, and I'm not sure what the "x" stands for.

> I used xcase because I cannot come up with a good enough short name,
> and a long name for such a fundamental macro can be annoying.

`pcase-e TAB' should expand to `pcase-exhaustive', so the length is not
that troublesome, unless you're concerned about line-length and
indentation (in which case the length of `pcase-exhaustive' may indeed
occasionally force you to use an extra line).

I'm open to other suggestions, and `pcasex' is not unacceptable, so
I think we're closing in.


        Stefan

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