[cdr-discuss] Three RFCs

[Gary King]

> here are three CDR ideas that I would like to get your comments on:
>
> 1. Support a :TEST arg for (E)CASE.

It would be nice for case to have a :test argument and a :key argument  
too. The "tricky" part is where to put them, yes?

(case <thing>
  (<case1> <form1>)
  ...
  (t <formn>))

doesn't leave much room for options. Are you thinking of something like

(defmacro my-case ((it &key test key) &body clauses) ...)

so that it would look like

(my-case (thing :test 'foo)
  (<case1> <form1>)
  ...
  )

??




> 2. Setup BACKQUOTE to be the backquote expansion object. I believe  
> this
>   is common implementor's practice.
>
> 3. Support extended feature tests. It would be nice to be able to say
>   +(find-package 'zoo)(...)
>
> The complexity impact is none for #2, probably neglectable for #3
> and should be moderate for #1.
>
>  Leslie
>
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