Subject: bug#60758: 29.0.60; while-let uses if-let* convention in contradiction to the docstring

From: Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 16:31:03 +0100

Daniel Mendler <[email-masked]> writes:

> On 1/13/23 01:37, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > I agree that if-let is right, for these reasons.  Now fixed, thank
> > you.

The special case of a SPEC of the form (SYMBOL SOMETHING) is supported
only for backward compatibility by `if-let'.  We wanted to get rid of
this special syntax anomaly.

So it makes no sense to add this syntax to newly introduced macros.  We
should fix the docstring of `while-let' instead - unless the goal of
getting rid of this syntax has changed.  But then we should have a
discussion first.  Instead it seems you just reverted a change by Lars
that was the result of a discussion in emacs-dev.

Michael.