From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence' Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:08:34 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200303271708.h2RH8Yo3028832@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <200303230302.MAA04327@etlken.m17n.org> <200303241541.h2OFfbpa011227@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200303250015.JAA06592@etlken.m17n.org> <200303250050.JAA06631@etlken.m17n.org> <200303250057.h2P0vBj6016367@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200303250125.KAA06703@etlken.m17n.org> <32627.1048557446@theforce.Stanford.EDU> <200303250208.LAA06802@etlken.m17n.org> <1191.1048560083@theforce.Stanford.EDU> <200303250446.NAA06974@etlken.m17n.org> <200303251527.h2PFR0lO018653@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200303252311.IAA08003@etlken.m17n.org> <200303261544.h2QFi4i4022332@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200303270009.SAA27161@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200303271520.h2RFKXbV028261@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200303271553.JAA27651@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200303271606.h2RG6KTi028510@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200303271703.LAA27696@eel.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048785184 13738 80.91.224.249 (27 Mar 2003 17:13:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:13:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 27 18:13:02 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18yaw2-0003ZQ-00 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:13:02 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18yay0-0000yd-00 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 18:15:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18yatA-0007pY-01 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:10:04 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18yasr-0007nT-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:09:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18yasp-0007me-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:09:44 -0500 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.10.13) id 18yark-0007Mc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:08:37 -0500 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2RH8ZPe028834; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:08:35 -0500 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h2RH8Yo3028832; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:08:34 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck Original-cc: handa@m17n.org Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12662 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12662 > Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > How about > > > > (dotimes (VAR [START END] RESULT) BODY...) > > > > I do not completely understand this. > > [...] is Elisp notation for vectors. I see that it is ambiguous > because [...] is also used in such contexts to denote optional > arguments. > > So, unless START and END are constants, a typical usage would be: > > (dotimes (var (vector start end) result) body...) > > (if I now understand correctly). No. Example usage would be: (dotimes (x [(1+ prev) (+ prev 13)]) (blabla x)) -- Stefan