Re: Instead of pcase

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 24/11/2023 05:34, Richard Stallman wrote:
>    > >>           > (`(,hookfun . (,start ,end ,collection . ,plist))
>    > > I was not sure which part of the line that rule applies to.
>    > >
>    > >>           > (`(,hookfun ,start ,end ,collection . ,plist)
>    > > Would that be equiva;ent?
>
> I as a reader, trying to understand what that pcase construct did, did
> not know they would be equivalent.  So this specific piece of
> cleverness specifically interfered with my understanding that example
> and therefore with my trying to understand pcase.

Most of the semantics-conveying tricks with advanced tools require a 
certain level of familiarity with the tool in question.

Much like how one has to master a foreign language on a certain level to 
understand a lot of idioms. But then those idioms help understand each 
other better and more comprehensively.