Subject: Re: bug#68509: 30.0.50; pcase-dolist matches backquote pattern incorrectly

From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:23:17 +0000

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>>> In the current use of those primitives, it's routine/normal/common for
>>> a pattern like `(,a ,b) to encounter lists of different length than 2,
>>> so a warning should be emitted only if specifically requested via an
>>> option/keyword.
>> But isn't it undocumented?
>
> AFAIK the "best" documentation we have for that is the one in
> `pcase-let`, which is indeed unsatisfactory.

May you then describe in more details what is the intended behavior when
PATTERN does not match VALUE in destructuring?

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