Re: dash.el [was: Re: Imports / inclusion of s.el into Emacs]

[Richard Stallman]

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  > - For most users, dash.el and s.el are very similar in nature. dash.el
  > is already in ELPA. If we refuse s.el, isn't it inconsistent? 

Treating two different cases differently is never "inconsistent".
This is a software project, not a court of law.

There is a superficial similarity between dash.el and s.el:
they both make a mess in the Emacs namespace.

However, at the level of substance they are not similar.
s.el does not try to add substantive features -- it is
about names only.

By contrast, dash.el has real substance: it is useful.  Some of the
ccnstructs it defines -- the ones I have seen -- are useful and very
general.

I look forward to seeing the rest of the constructs in dash.el, but
based on what I've seen, I expect to see more good features.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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