Subject: bug#28747: 26.0.60; Usage of "&rest body" in Edebug specs

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 16:56:03 +0100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

>> Here's a little example of what an Edebug spec would look like with
>> &repeat in place of &rest:
>>
>> (defmacro msgmac (&rest args)
>>   (declare (debug ("start" [&repeat "middle"] "end")))
>>   `(message "%s" ',args))
>>
>> (defun use-msgmac ()
>>   (msgmac start end)
>>   (msgmac start middle end)
>>   (msgmac start middle middle end))
>>
>> Does anyone have thoughts on the idea of adding &repeat as a synonym
>> for &rest in Edebug specs, with the goal of moving &rest towards
>> obsolescence eventually?
>
> I agree that this would be a lot clearer and probably less error-prone
> than &rest.
>
> Does anybody have an opinion here?

Stefan added to the CCs; perhaps he has an opinion.

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