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

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Message #70 received at 73853 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Michael Heerdegen via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife
 of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 73853 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>,
 Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Subject: Re: bug#73853: 31.0.50; Should and-let* become a synonym for
 when-let*?
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 11:12:58 +0100

Michael Heerdegen via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife
of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi Michael,

> Thinking the first example further we could introduce parallel versions
> and name them `if-let', `when-let' and `and-let'.  They would be really
> analogue to `let' with respect to binding list semantics - compared to
> the non-parallel counterparts `if-let*' that are what we have now.

Please no more incompatibilities with older Emacsen except when
absolutely necessary. It's already hard enough for packages developed
outside the Emacs repo.

> Michael.

Best regards, Michael.

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