Re: [External] : Re: Shrinking the C core

[Emanuel Berg]

Drew Adams wrote:

>> For functions like `cl-incf', where there is no
>> corresponding "incf" [I don't know whatever happened to it
>> or why it was dropped, or maybe it wasn't ever there before
>> cl-lib?] [...]
>
> The CL emulation was originally in file `cl.el' and its
> helper files, such as `cl-macs.el'. At that time
> functions/macros such as `cl-incf' and `cl-case' had no
> `cl-' prefix. [...]
>
> There's no `incf' or `case' in Elisp that would conflict
> with the CL-emulation definitions, but when Someone decided
> to prefix CL thingies with `cl-' the decision was to do it
> wholesale, not just where there was a collision/conflict
> with existing Elisp thingies.

Ah, I see!

Thanks for explaining.

So I remembered correctly then, that I did use "incf" before
`cl-incf'!

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