Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things.

[Noam Postavsky]

On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 9:48 PM, Drew Adams <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Well, I'd say that pcase is kinda awkward because you can't tell by
>> skimming whether it's complex or not
>
> 100% agreement.  That's really the point, for me.
>
> * `pcase' shouts: "This might be complicated.  Better look closely."
>
> * `cond' and `cl-case' and `if' ... shout: "Nothing fancy here.
>   We're only testing literals"

I don't see how `cond' and `if' shout that at all, they can test
anything, no restrictions. I would prefer `pcase` over `cond` (if
there were some reason to exclude `cl-case') because the code is
shorter and simpler so I can skim it faster than the equivalent
`cond'.