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[PATCH] condition-case success continuation

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Message #67 received at 47677 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "rms <at> gnu.org" <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "mattiase <at> acm.org" <mattiase <at> acm.org>, "larsi <at> gnus.org" <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 "stefan <at> marxist.se" <stefan <at> marxist.se>,
 "monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 "47677 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <47677 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#47677: [PATCH] condition-case success
 continuation
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 18:21:45 +0000

> > Hold your horses!  That is not the way to look at a adding complexity
> > to a basic Lisp construct.
> >
> > Every additional feature added to a fundamental construct increases
> > the complexity of the Lisp language.  That always has various kinds
> > of cost whether it is used or not.  Since this added feature would
> > rarely be of use, it would have cost and no benefit.
> 
> FTR: I agree with you.

+1.

> However, sadly this seems to be a minority
> opinion in the current Emacs development: features are added to Emacs
> Lisp left, right and center without any serious consideration of the
> of the costs and benefits balance.  The pressure to add features to
> Emacs Lisp is enormous.  It sometimes seems to me that some people
> regard developing and extending Emacs Lisp to be the most important
> aspects of the Emacs development.

Sad, yes.  FWIW, I'm in awe of the energy and patience you
devote to Emacs development, and I hope you don't burn out.

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