Re: constant `e'

[David Kastrup]

Daniel Brockman <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Daniel Brockman <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Seriously, though, I'd really like to see an `otherwise'
>>> constant (defined to `t', of course).  That would make
>>> catch-all clauses of `cond' look much better.
>>
>> Disagree, that's an idiom.
>
> Of course it's an idiom.  That doesn't mean it looks good.

Lisp is not designed to look good.

> I, as a speaker of Emacs Lisp, would prefer not to use this idiom if
> `otherwise' became an accepted alternative.

It didn't.  Try getting it into Common Lisp first.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum