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Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean? |
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Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:01:42 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.6590.1436397914.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> wrote:
> Actually I see no harm using let* all the time.
This is a frequent subject of style arguments.
As far as the computer is concerned, there should be no problem with
using let* all the time. But to human readers, it makes a difference.
Some of us view the * as being a red flag, warning the reader that
something unusual is being done. We'll then expend more mental energy
looking for the dependencies. let is the "normal" method, let* is
"special".
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, (continued)
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Filipp Gunbin, 2015/07/13
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- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2015/07/09
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- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Rusi, 2015/07/09
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- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Rusi, 2015/07/09
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Emanuel Berg, 2015/07/10
- RE: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Drew Adams, 2015/07/09
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Emanuel Berg, 2015/07/11
- RE: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Drew Adams, 2015/07/12
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Emanuel Berg, 2015/07/12
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Yuri Khan, 2015/07/13
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Emanuel Berg, 2015/07/13