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* bug#6596: 23.2; cl.texi docs loop destructuring for alist
@ 2010-07-09 23:44 Kevin Ryde
  2010-07-11  2:13 ` Glenn Morris
  2011-07-14  0:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Ryde @ 2010-07-09 23:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 6596

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I didn't immediately realize the cl `loop' macro destructuring could be
used to crunch an alist.  Perhaps an example in the manual per below.
If you're not a cl programmer you need lots of examples to understand
that huge `loop' thing :-).

2010-07-10  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

	* cl.texi (For Clauses): Add destructuring example processing an
	alist.


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--- cl.texi.orig	2010-07-10 09:37:14.000000000 +1000
+++ cl.texi	2010-07-10 09:38:54.000000000 +1000
@@ -2599,7 +2599,14 @@
 than values the trailing variables get the value @code{nil}.
 If @code{nil} is used as a variable name, the corresponding
 values are ignored.  Destructuring may be nested, and dotted
-lists of variables like @code{(x . y)} are allowed.
+lists of variables like @code{(x . y)} are allowed, so for example
+to process an alist
+
+@example
+(loop for (key . value) in '((a . 1) (b . 2))
+      collect value)
+     @result{} (1 2)
+@end example
 
 @node Iteration Clauses, Accumulation Clauses, For Clauses, Loop Facility
 @subsection Iteration Clauses

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2010-07-09 23:44 bug#6596: 23.2; cl.texi docs loop destructuring for alist Kevin Ryde
2010-07-11  2:13 ` Glenn Morris
2010-07-13  1:50   ` Kevin Ryde
2010-07-13 15:49     ` Glenn Morris
2010-07-16  1:19       ` Kevin Ryde
2010-07-16 16:12         ` Glenn Morris
2010-07-21 15:21           ` Stefan Monnier
2010-07-23  0:51           ` Kevin Ryde
2010-07-23  3:47             ` Dan Nicolaescu
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