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27.0.50; cl-flet, cl-labels and lambda expressions

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 34481 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#34481: 27.0.50; cl-flet, cl-labels and lambda expressions
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:29:04 +0100

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

>> I know we're not beholden to Common Lisp for our versions of the macros,
>> but this seems kinda confusing to me [...]
>
> Why?

Just because it's not a part of Common Lisp -- I think people expect the
cl-* functions to be a subset of CL syntax, not a superset.

But we're free to do what we want here, of course, and I don't oppose
extending the syntax here.  But it's just something to keep in mind.

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