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

[Emanuel Berg]

Drew Adams wrote:

>> We have heard from some programmers and maintainers that
>> they see the complexity increase as a problem. We have to
>> believe them, they think like that. And not everyone else
>> has to agree.
>> 
>> But I have not heard a lot what should be done about it.
>> Not generally, how to not have that tendency in the future.
>
> Michael suggested splitting `cl-lib.el'. I seconded that, as
> did some others. That's a first step to tackling and taming
> the beast.

But it is also very easy for a programmer to use it the way it
is, as soon as you type "cl-" you know you want to `require'
cl-lib in that file.

To me, I can't say I care if libraries are big or small.
If they are big, probably it means they contain a lot of
useful stuff so all the better.

As you know, cl-lib is already split up in different files, it
is just the require part that is always just cl-lib and to me
that is practical for all the cl- stuff, what is the harm
with it?

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