Re: dash.el [was: Re: Imports / inclusion of s.el into Emacs]

[Phillip Lord]

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> The choice between the syntax ($ (+ $1 $2))
> and the syntax #(+ %1 %2), I think it is a small difference.
> If one is ok, the other is ok.
>
> The # syntax has the small advantage of being a little shorter.
>
> The $ syntax can be implemented now with a macro -- but if we want this
> feature, I see no reason to hesitate to do implement it in the reader,
> no need to use a macro.  It would not be a lot of work to do that.


I would go for the macro syntax because is could be made backward
compatible with Emacs-27 (as seq.el was with Emacs-24), which the reader
macro cannot.

I also think that if this goes anywhere, Emacs core is the place to be.

Phil