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diff --git a/doc/lispref/control.texi b/doc/lispref/control.texi index b0cd777bead..33051a6de51 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/control.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/control.texi @@ -419,13 +419,13 @@ This is not completely equivalent because it can evaluate @var{arg1} or @cindex pcase @cindex pattern matching -@c Issue: I use ‘case’ w/ the thought that it being an alias -@c to ‘cl-case’ is an ``implementation detail''. -@c Is this okay? Aside from the four basic conditional forms, Emacs Lisp also has a pattern-matching conditional form, the @code{pcase} macro, a hybrid of @code{cond} and @code{case} -that overcomes their limitations. +(@pxref{Conditionals,,,cl,Common Lisp Extensions}) +that overcomes their limitations and introduces +the @dfn{pattern matching} programming style. +First, the limitations: @itemize @item The @code{cond} form chooses among alternatives @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ For that, why not use @code{case}? @item The @code{case} macro chooses among alternatives by evaluating the equality of its first argument against a set of specific -values (@pxref{Conditionals,,,cl,Common Lisp Extensions}). +values. The limitations are two-fold: @enumerate |