Re: cond*

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > Since the idea is pattern-matching, I think that a regexp is natural
  > > as well as more general.  Why not do this?

  > It is not very clear then how to match plain strings for equality.

1. Instead of writing the string as a literal, write a regexp to match
only that string.  This is not hard.

2. Use this constrained variable patern:

   (equal foo "xyz")

It will bind the variable `foo', but you are not required to use it.

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