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

[Emanuel Berg]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> But doesn't that mean there has to be rules for every
>> individual library? And what kind of rule, for example for
>> cl-lib? "You are allowed to use it - but not too much"?
>> How are you going to formulate and enforce such rules?
>
> It's a judgment call, to be made when reviewing patches.
> Like many other similar issues. Not everything could or
> should be codified.

Sure, but it will be a lot of work for you having to think
about it and doing that judgment call every time.

You also risk alienating people who do drive-by fixes and are
unaware of or do not agree with the approach to cl-lib.
Even explaining to them in the best of friendly terms will
not guarantee they will return with a new patch. So when they
don't, it'll be even more work for you if you intend to remove
the cl-lib from their code, so it can be used.

But okay, this is how you will keep it out then.

What will happen to the code already in? Are you gonna kick
that code out?

That will again be a lot of work for you, time that could have
been spent elsewhere.

But obviously it is up to you how to spend your time and what
efforts in Emacs you prioritize.

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