bug#73853: Should and-let* become a synonym for when-let*?

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:54:46 +0100
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Version: 31.1

Arash Esbati [03/Aug 12:09am +02] wrote:
> Stefan Kangas <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Your proposal seems to be that we should rethink the decision to mark
>> `when-let`/`if-let` as obsolete.  Is that correct?
>
> Should this report be closed now?  NEWS.31 has:
>
>   +++
>   ** 'if-let' and 'when-let' are now obsolete.
>   Use 'if-let*', 'when-let*' and 'and-let*' instead.
>
>   This effectively obsoletes the old '(if-let (SYMBOL SOMETHING) ...)'
>   single binding syntax, which we'd kept only for backwards compatibility.
>
> I think the decision haa been made.

Yes, done.

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Sean Whitton