GNU bug report logs - #68370
30.0.50; pcase eieio, map, seq, and cl-struct constructs are not described in the manual

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Message #40 received at 68370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 68370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68370: 30.0.50; pcase eieio, map, seq, and cl-struct
 constructs are not described in the manual
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:31:34 +0000

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

>   > > I see no need to document specialized pcase constructs like
>   > > `eshell-index-range', but eieie, map, seq, and cl-struct appears to be
>   > > matching common Elisp data structures. I think that they should be
>   > > documented in the manual.
>
> That makes sense to me.
>
> However, what I'm actually asking for about these pcase constructs is
> not any change in Emacs, simply for someone to explain to me what they
> do so I can give cond* similar festures.

My email is not an answer to your question. It is a bug report about
Elisp manual. I did not try to answer you - I myself is also not
familiar with these extra `pcase' constructs. I missed them because they
were not mentioned in the manual.

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