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

[João Távora]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 1:17 PM Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It might be pithy, but I don't know what "processing" is being done.  So
> I cannot really judge it in terms of readability to the cl-loop
> initiated.

It's converting a plist into an alist.  And I used it precisely
an example of non-universal code, that is  nevertheless concise.

No one asked you to "judge it".  You may if you so desire, write
your own while loop version (check your results this time!) and
then we can compare if that universal, primitive-exclusive code,
that results is more readable than the cl-loop version.  If you
weren't generally averse to "balkanization", we could even
collaborate in designing a good flexible, well-named utility for
this common operation (not just plist-alist conversion, but
more types of plist processing) to add to the Emacs core.

But alas, my dear dictionary-loving friend, this would imply
we have to leave this spirited yet vacuous exchange of
pompous elucubrations behind us.

João