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

[Po Lu]

João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:

> I said I agree with you.  So go there and replace cl-list* with nconc.
> Or put it in a much smaller preloaded file, it doesn't have
> dependencies.  Or just define it in terms of nconc if it's really
> equivalent.
>
> But cl-lib usage and usefulness is really much more than that tiny
> aspect you're focusing on.

cl-list* is just one example of a theme that constantly repeats itself
throughout our code.  Removing this one instance is futile, since
there's plenty more where it came from.  The only remedy is for everyone
to develop a general aversion to cl-lib.