; * lisp/subr.el: Fix comment level.

lisp/subr.el

@@ -2757,33 +2757,33 @@ Affects only hooks run in the current buffer."
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 ;;; `if-let*' and friends.
-;;;
+;;
-;;; We considered adding a `cond-let*' in late 2025:
+;; We considered adding a `cond-let*' in late 2025:
-;;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-09/msg00058.html>.
+;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-09/msg00058.html>.
-;;; We decided to add the `bind-and*' clause type to `cond*' instead.
+;; We decided to add the `bind-and*' clause type to `cond*' instead.
-;;; At first it seems simple to extend `if-let*'/`when-let*'/`and-let*'
+;; At first it seems simple to extend `if-let*'/`when-let*'/`and-let*'
-;;; to `cond', but the extension is not unambiguous: there are multiple
+;; to `cond', but the extension is not unambiguous: there are multiple
-;;; useful, incompatible ways to do it.
+;; useful, incompatible ways to do it.
-;;; In particular, it quickly becomes clear that one wants clauses that
+;; In particular, it quickly becomes clear that one wants clauses that
-;;; only establish bindings for proceeding clauses, instead of exiting
+;; only establish bindings for proceeding clauses, instead of exiting
-;;; the `cond-let*'.  But then
+;; the `cond-let*'.  But then
-;;; - Should these bindings be just like in `let*', or like in
+;; - Should these bindings be just like in `let*', or like in
-;;;   `if-let*'?  In other words, should it be that if a binding
+;;   `if-let*'?  In other words, should it be that if a binding
-;;;   evaluates to nil we skip the remaining bindings (bind them all to
+;;   evaluates to nil we skip the remaining bindings (bind them all to
-;;;   nil)?  Both ways of doing it seem useful.
+;;   nil)?  Both ways of doing it seem useful.
-;;; - The parentheses quickly pile up.  How can we avoid the programmer
+;; - The parentheses quickly pile up.  How can we avoid the programmer
-;;;   having to count parentheses?  Some propose using square brackets
+;;   having to count parentheses?  Some propose using square brackets
-;;;   (i.e., vectors) for the binding-only clauses, but Emacs Lisp is a
+;;   (i.e., vectors) for the binding-only clauses, but Emacs Lisp is a
-;;;   traditional Lisp which uses exclusively parentheses for control
+;;   traditional Lisp which uses exclusively parentheses for control
-;;;   constructs.  Therefore, introducing square brackets here would be
+;;   constructs.  Therefore, introducing square brackets here would be
-;;;   jarring to read.  Another option would be to use symbols at the
+;;   jarring to read.  Another option would be to use symbols at the
-;;;   beginning of clauses, like `cond*' does.
+;;   beginning of clauses, like `cond*' does.
-;;; Whichever way one goes, the resulting macro ends up complicated,
+;; Whichever way one goes, the resulting macro ends up complicated,
-;;; with a substantial learning burden.  Adding `bind-and*' clauses to
+;; with a substantial learning burden.  Adding `bind-and*' clauses to
-;;; `cond*' gives us the desired functionality, and does not make
+;; `cond*' gives us the desired functionality, and does not make
-;;; `cond*' much more complicated.  In other words, `cond*' is already
+;; `cond*' much more complicated.  In other words, `cond*' is already
-;;; complicated, and one complicated `cond'-extending macro is better
+;; complicated, and one complicated `cond'-extending macro is better
-;;; than two.  --spwhitton
+;; than two.  --spwhitton
 
 (defun internal--build-binding (binding prev-var)
   "Check and build a single BINDING with PREV-VAR."