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29.0.50; Missing documentation for former subr-x macros

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Message #26 received at 56974 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 56974 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#56974: 29.0.50; Missing documentation for former subr-x macros
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 04:15:42 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> when-let is a 3:1 winner over when-let* in the Emacs tree, so I think
> the public has spokeneth, and we should document when-let and not
> when-let*.  (And just pretend that when-let doesn't have the compat
> forms in the manual.)

Could be that most uses date from before the new names had been added.
AFAIR using the * names was an agreement in some thread in the past -
when this had been discussed the last time.

Personally I don't care that much, both names are equally good (or bad).
I would make them synonymous.  Although when-let and and-let are already
synonymous names...

Michael.

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