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>>>>> "Hrv" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

    Hrv> Not so in GNU Emacs.  Have you tried persuading RMS to
    Hrv> preload cl.el? I don't know about others, but I like the
    Hrv> features it provide.  If it were preloaded and its features
    Hrv> documented in the manual, it would be a push forward for
    Hrv> Emacs Lisp.

I think RMS is generally opposed to loading cl.el.  I asked about this
for CC Mode 5, since I'd like to use some of the cl.el functions.
RMS's response was: it's okay to use the macros since you can load
cl.el in eval-when-compile, but using the defuns isn't a good idea.
His reasons:

    "The Common Lisp names are not in any sense reserved, and
     users may have their own functions with the same names.
     Therefore, the more important a package is, the more important it
     is that running the package not use cl.el."

I'm not defending or bashing his position, but I'm going to respect it
for now.  For me most immediately, I'm primarily interested in the
macros.  But if RMS could be persuaded, that would be great.

-Barry

