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`(cl-proclaim (inline foo))` vs `(defsubst foo ...)`

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: 76294 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#76294: `(cl-proclaim (inline foo))` vs `(defsubst foo ...)`
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:29:47 +0000

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Severity: wishlist

May I ask what is the value proposition of

    (defun foo () ...)
    (cl-proclaim '(inline foo))

over

    (defsubst foo () ...)

in Emacs Lisp code?

I assume that it won't be much help when porting code from CL, so I
guess it's just to make ELisp feel more homely to CL programmers?

If it is intended as documentation of cl-proclaim itself, I propose
improving the cl-proclaim documentation instead.  The docstring is
rather on the brief side, shall we say.

I'm asking because running into this in cl-lib.el made me start to
consider the below patch.  It's possible that I'm just the wrong person
to be digging around in cl-lib.el, though...

[0001-Avoid-cl-proclaim.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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