Re: What's missing in ELisp that makes people want to use cl-lib?

[Bob Rogers]

   From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
   Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:13:29 +0100

   Alan Mackenzie wrote:

   > The most troublesome cl-lib functions are those without
   > adequate documentation. They're the ones that waste
   > unbounded amounts of time when trying to debug something
   > which uses them. That's why I'd like to do away with them.

   Why not instead provide them with docstrings, I think everyone
   can agree they should have them?

As a long-time CL/EL hacker, I will also undertake to document cl-lib
functions.  I think that is a much easier, and safer, alternative to
trying to recode cl-* usage.

   FWIW, I am also of the philosophy that simple functions should be
used where possible and cl-* functions where necessary, all in the name
of keeping my own code concise and readable.  But, alas, readability is
in the eye of the beholder.

                                        -- Bob Rogers
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