On Thu 13 Oct 2011 23:42, Linas Vepstas <linasveps...@gmail.com> writes:
> In the code that I work on, in (func a b), its rarely the case that a > and b are merely strings or lists; they're usually some fairly complex > structure, where e.g. 'b' is a list where car and cadr must be > strings, and caddr may or may not be another list, with certain > expectations about car, cadr, etc. In this case, I find `match' to be useful. The structure of the pattern matches the structure of the input data, so it is much better than cadaddring down a list. Andy -- http://wingolog.org/