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[PATCH] mention let* in if-let

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Message #14 received at 33550 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>, 33550 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33550: [PATCH] mention let* in if-let
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:25:56 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:18:54 -0600
>> 
>> I think this patch makes it much clearer that if-let functions like
>> let*, not let.
>
> Doesn't "in turn" already say that?

I think it's a bit ambiguous, it could refer to the fact that each
VALUEFORM is evaluted sequentially.  It's not entirely obvious that
previous SYMBOL bindings are available to follow VALUEFORMs, as in let*
rather than let (which would be the more obvious choice for if-let as
opposed to if-let*).

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