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bug#16567: 24.3.50; pcase should signal an error if no case matches
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Helmut Eller |
Subject: |
bug#16567: 24.3.50; pcase should signal an error if no case matches |
Date: |
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:56:06 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Mon, Jan 27 2014, Daimrod wrote:
> Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> pcase returns nil for this example:
>>
>> (pcase 3
>> (1 1)
>> (2 2))
>>
>> it would be more useful if it would signal an error instead. Manually
>> adding a "catch-all case" and inventing some error message is tedious
>> and it's also easy to forget.
>
> Wouldn't a `epcase' (as in `cl-ecase') be more appropriate for this
> use-case?
My gut feeling is that in 80% of all situations ECASE is more or just as
appropriate as CASE. Or put differently it's very uncommon that CASE is
preferable to ECASE. Therefore I think pcase should singal an error by
default.
The nice thing about a epcase would be the symmetry/analogy to
ECASE/ETYPECASE. But that seems like a minor advantage.
Helmut