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Re: Anaphoric macros like when-let
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Arun Isaac |
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Re: Anaphoric macros like when-let |
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Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:11:16 +0530 |
Mark H Weaver writes:
> mention that 'when-let' is not actually an anaphoric macro. Anaphoric
> macros are those that introduce a binding that is not named by the
> user, e.g. 'it', which is called an anaphor.
Yes, you're right, of course! aif, awhen, etc. are the anaphoric
macros. I switched to if-let, when-let, etc. when they became available
in emacs lisp, and somehow wrongly continued to call them anaphoric
macros.