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Should and-let* become a synonym for when-let*?

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 73853 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#73853: 31.0.50; and-let* is useless
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:57:12 +0200

Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I always type `if-let' because it looks cleaner and saves one indentation
> column (which are purely cosmetic reasons), but also I think it would be
> weird to have a something* when there's no accompanying something.

Good point, we should decide which names to use.  Personally i prefer
the names ending with star, because bindings are not parallel as in
`let'.  But we also already spoke about this.  Dunno which names are
more popular, it's a matter of taste.


Michael.

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