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Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources


From: Clément Pit-Claudel
Subject: Re: Replace trivial pcase occurrences in the Emacs sources
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:31:58 -0400
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On 31/10/2018 15.29, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: address@hidden From: Clément Pit-Claudel
>> <address@hidden> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:21:05 -0400
>> 
>> But something can also be called "destructuring" if it's used *for*
>> destructuring: a "swimming pool" is not a pool that swims, it's a
>> pool that's used for swimming.  I think of "destructuring" in
>> "destructuring pattern" as a gerund, not a present participle:<we
>> have "shopping lists" and "shaving cream", so why not
>> "destructuring patterns"? :)
> 
> They are a kind of jargon.  Try to explain that to a Martian.  Or
> even to a non-native English speakers.

You're talking to one :)

> Anyway, I think this argument is futile.  

OK, apologies.




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