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[PATCH] Add macro 'pcase-setq'

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Message #35 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
 text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Okam <okamsn <at> protonmail.com>, 49809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#49809: [PATCH] Add macro 'pcase-setq'
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:28:06 +0200

Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> (unless you'd want it to work like
> `cl-letf`, but that's like dynamically scoped let so I think you'd
> be hard pressed to find enough compelling use cases to justify it).

Yes, that's what I had in mind.  I sometimes even missed the ability to
create dynamical symbol bindings using pcase patterns.

And no, I have no clue if it would be a good idea.  If you have a bad
feeling about the idea then you are probably right.

Michael.

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