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

[Joost Kremers]

On Mon, May 18 2020, Adrián Medraño Calvo wrote:
> Typing λ is a no-go, in my opinion.

Well, on the assumption that Elisp is mostly written in Emacs 
using emacs-lisp-mode, one might introduce a command that makes it 
easier to type. But I tend to agree that it's a bad idea.

> Going with % and %1, %2, etc. would be fine, and would be 
> intuitive
> for people with Clojure backgrounds.  But % is taken.

Why is % taken? Because it's a function name? But Elisp is a 
Lisp-2.

> [… This alternative occurred to me meanwhile:
>
>         (\ (f \1 1))
>
> \ is used by Haskell for its lambda expressions (it’s supposed 
> to remind
> of λ).  \1, \2, etc is used in regular expressions to refer to 
> capture
> groups.  It’s somewhat ugly, but makes sense.]

Not my personal favourite, but I'll get used to any syntax that's 
chosen. :-)

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Joost Kremers
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