Re: condition-case

[Elena]

On Dec 6, 9:34 pm, "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <p...@informatimago.com>
wrote:
> Ted Zlatanov <t...@lifelogs.com> writes:
> > On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:40:23 +0100 "Pascal J. Bourguignon" 
> > <p...@informatimago.com> wrote:
>
> > PJB> Ted Zlatanov <t...@lifelogs.com> writes:
> >>> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:17:11 +0100 "Pascal J. Bourguignon" 
> >>> <p...@informatimago.com> wrote:
>
> > PJB> First, you should forget about condition-case, and use instead
> > PJB> handler-case.  
>
> >>> (defmacro omitted and newsgroups trimmed)
>
> >>> I only see it mentioned in lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-indent.el for indentation
> >>> settings, but the macro is not defined anywhere AFAICT.  Is there a
> >>> reason it's not part of Emacs?
>
> > PJB> Emacs lisp was designed before or at the same time Common Lisp became a
> > PJB> standard.
>
> > I mean *today* why shouldn't `handler-case' be part of Emacs?  Is there
> > anything blocking its inclusion in cl.el?
>
> It's up to cl.el developers.
>
> On the other hand, while I would find it valuable make emacs lisp more
> of a Common Lisp, at one time you have to make the jump and be Common
> Lisp.  Bar that, there is emacs-cl (http://www.lisp.se/emacs-cl/), a
> Common Lisp implementation written in emacs lisp, which unfortunately
> would need some love, but which allows to write emacs commands in Common
> Lisp.

I can't find any source code.  Do you know of a mirror?  Or is it the
same as the standard Emacs "cl" package?  Thanks.