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

[Emanuel Berg]

Po Lu wrote:

>>> But again, that isn't the case with cl-lib. It is already
>>> there and it is very easy to use to improve your code.
>>> Even for a single file and a single use case, what would
>>> be the reason no to do it?
>>
>> I agree with you - the logic there makes sense. That's what
>> often happens.
>
> It's not preloaded

It is loaded when it is used. When it is loaded is
a technicality at that point, unless the preloaded or not
distinction has some hidden meaning I'm unaware of.

> and makes for an alluring invitation for others to produce
> more cryptic code with it, like virtually any caller of
> cl-loop, as so vividly demonstrated by some other posters in
> this thread.

"cl-loop" appears 1004 times in the Emacs source so a lot of
people put it do good use. I also think `cl-loop' is
very useful.

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