Re: CVS: Symbol's function definition is void: ignore-errors

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> I think it's mainly a name-pollution thing for RMS.  Having
> `delete-duplicates' in the namespace will make people believe that's a 
> proper Emacs function and stuff.

Maybe he would agree to having a cl-safe package which contains all
the CL functions, but with different names cl-foo rather than foo?

I have communicated with somebody about this before,¹ and that person
has asked RMS, and it appears that RMS is somehow opposed to CL on a
non-rational basis.  After all, Scheme (or Guile) is supposed to
become the standard GNU extension language...  And it is not clear
that anything would really be gained by lots of people using CL-isms
where they should have been using Guile-isms, if Emacs Lisp ever gets
transferred to Guile.

But that's only hearsay and rumor and vague memory and all that.

For the record, I think that it is okay for somebody to not /like/
something for irrational reasons.  Happens to all of us, I think.
Some people try to rationalize (is that the right word?), but if you
admit it, it's okay...

kai

¹ Sorry that I forgot your name :-/

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