believe it was reasonably low). But you're right, the benefits of shorthands so far are just programmer convenience for libraries outside of Emacs. I've enjoyed using them, and I would guess a small number of programmers are also taking advantage of them them in some side projects, judging from a quick GitHub code search.
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