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Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:50:41 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87zikpkkej.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:44:04 +0100") X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:ep1M2VIk5ufVIO03YcQUK7Y0uanSeVDX7JYY97AkFGK5rbrkEao Dj88ACXZ7gayM8ZCwie3zzJV6V46OUE7roT1rlE6i3KLzGFhvFUGtmO3mwzRuPfLvCK/8Nt RWGQoWkyQ7RaIbb/5KwrxNJFsk1PxLzQRGHMZPCOy4G+E+9Jmt7HYM9xoSwIodeo2GMMRrH Lmq4j3E2S4bsv31CWTd4Q== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:wH9fwiSJWCI=:5xcgoQAKCupPwUZD9UR+3K h96tnI+ht3KHT1qhDmSN8EStCxELE4MsNBS1/5vxQ97DhTbQkfVQi8pShPr6JkdZVX21z9L8C qUUcgWEIDHR4lqxk5F47Ta70WlLxBrjp6tGLLf2Jko+NTup911Nlt4Jg1Tk4Dof9LI/5UNFzf E0JBuby8nK8hlvCEl+BBFSUKI1e6L2AyqKq4rxhv1Ls5pHAR6/j2tOUN9jqJxrrQQytHez6bK X1nTPliHauY4KLC8L/8qpnqtqEZllhHm7Jl2edZoRau/HOx1gmGc407EcEu2rx1MJUP0Jvk/y pUBBjvgAqcI3lDurEVrP7nQoFtxTM9s2dDD/EQUn+ECNvC1qMOfGfwFZL6U97eRXRJnxf5F48 VkfAzPDa3xuYUXBjyRKdhU3o75d12nB8avlnvXdMSeEzDWIzXc50UO5GSfLfmghdz0yBO4u0q Uo6MTJSl0aLVzILgveZLHcIhjv3RrwjE6O8Bo7IF7ISKX2ROtU46mVh6i3sT3SZMLFZi0AhTg XLfqwFwqavAft+28ClVV/tRAYbRMa3fBlKEODbjzPDA/jeW3lXw+EOYR10CG2vNrWzZjiLeYd z7pdr++hE1yJpipOKSx6L7OxhtYgkyfOnloVVrflLMKb7kg0pZ14VpaOeGMRzERs7X5eNlvmK xG0FTawmVFw4KsT9xwu4s7M3irCPYfyGcZCFPqxwq8q4nNHsUepZuJpe9dGydpGEqUb85gGUi JTxALsjnevMUeY+lh0ekg4WuuAYSZtkWhofRPjz0/Mi6k3hMgYFlyhPKAgkDkOYR1K8hAvMW X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:126048 Archived-At: Michael Albinus writes: > > Yes, you can probably use `_' to suppress the warning, but I always > > wondered why something called like this requires a variable to be > > specified (mandatorily) at all. > > Why is this a problem? We have the same situation with function > arguments. If you have an unused argument, you do the same: > > (defun my-fun (_unused used) > ;; code w/o _unused > ) It's not a problem. But it's counter-intuitive for something called "dotimes", and it's inconvenient because not needing to bind the counter to a variable is a very common use case, not an exception. But yes, it's just a detail. If what I suggest is not consent, I would not want endless debates on this topic. Michael.