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[PATCH] Add a version of cl-once-only which handles lists of forms

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Message #92 received at 72344 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thuna <thuna.cing <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 72344 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name
Subject: Re: bug#72344: [PATCH] Add a version of cl-once-only which handles
 lists of forms
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:15:10 +0200

> Sorry, I'm now completely confused and bewildered.  Earlier you said
> 'it is "forms", which is evaluated to obtain a list of forms', now you
> seem to be saying that this evaluation is not relevant to the macro
> (i.e. is done before the macro is called)?

No, no, it's rather that the evaluation is a given, the same way it is
in, e.g. if-let (and also cl-once-only, where the evaluation of form(1)
to obtain form(2) during 2 isn't explicitly mentioned).

> Anyway, what I'm looking for is not _my_ understanding, but some text
> for the manual and the doc strings which will explain this to the
> reader.  So maybe suggest text that you think is both accurate and not
> supposed to confuse, and let's take it from there.

Regardless, if even you are confused, then something has certainly gone
wrong with my explanation, so I'll try to get another draft going.

In the meanwhile, what do you think about the docstring?  It seems to me
that it mentions what happens to FORMS more accurately, but if there are
problems with it then I'll also need to look into changing that.

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