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[PATCH] Nested backquote in pcase

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Message #50 received at 72328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thuna <thuna.cing <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 72328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72328: [PATCH] Nested backquote in pcase
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:22:49 +0200

>> > I think I'd be interested to hear about "real life" cases out there
>> > where this choice would make a difference (in either direction).
>> 
>> For what its worth, a very imprecise search through all melpa packages
>> revealed exactly zero pcase patterns which this would effect.
>
> Thanks, but I think Stefan meant to say that we would need real-life
> use cases to change the current behavior.  So if there are no such
> cases, it makes the decision less likely.

I don't see how Stefan's message could be interpreted that way.  If
almost no code is effected by a change then whether to apply that change
or not should depend solely on whether it is considered an improvement,
even if theoretically.

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