GNU bug report logs - #59333
[PATCH] Define macro dlet*

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: daanturo <daanturo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:16:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 59333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daan Ro <daanturo <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 59333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59333: [PATCH] Define macro dlet*
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:40:16 +0700
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> dlet was new in Emacs 28, and the change you mention was done before
> Emacs 28 was released.  So NEWS just mentions the introduction of
> dlet, and that is enough.

Sorry it was my fault for not paying attention to the commit year (I thought
that was August this year).

Therefore reverting it now must not be an option.

But I think let* is more useful than let in general for programming, as it
let
us create successive bindings and transform the flow of data, like the
natural
flow of thought.
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