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Re: Some improvements for cl-flet


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Some improvements for cl-flet
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:57:34 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> As do I. There's little reason to delete any functions from a Common Lisp
> emulation library, IMO.  Emacs Lisp, like any Lisp worth its salt, is a
> programmable programming language, one should be to emulate anything
> with it, including Lisp idioms that may not be unanimously appreciated.

Symbol macros have their quirks and are better avoided in general, but
occasionally they come in quite handy.  So I think they fall in
a similar category as advice and lots of other sharp edged tools we have
in our toolbox.


        Stefan




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