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Re: master a6b5985: Avoid duplicated character classes in rx


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: master a6b5985: Avoid duplicated character classes in rx
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:36:21 -0500

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  > > Probably, but I still think it's bad practice to use the return value of
  > > an operation which is fundamentally a side-effect.

  > So you've never written

  > (if (setq var value) ...)

It is clearer to write

  (setq var value)
  (if var ...)

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