Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Clément Pit-Claudel <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:48:42 -0400
> 
> >> I stole the term from Clement here: 
> >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-10/msg00590.html
> > 
> > Ah, the elements that are assigned by destructuring?  I indeed hoped
> > we could identify in some way the patterns which satisfy that
> > condition.  I didn't give up yet.
> 
> Regarding the word "holes": I think these ","-prefixed symbols are typically 
> called "pattern-matching variables", or "placeholders".  "holes" is the more 
> colloquial term, the idea being that if you "fill" the "holes" in the pattern 
> with the appropriate values, you get the original data back (formally, you 
> perform a "substitution" of the "placeholders").

I actually think you meant "slots", not "holes".

> Regarding the term "destructuring pattern": I think it's perfect.

But the pattern is not the one that destructures.  So I think
"pattern-based destructuring" or "destructuring using patterns" would
be better.  Or something like that.  I'm still looking for an
appropriate term.