From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: "Garreau\, Alexandre" <galex-713@galex-713.eu>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why is there no `until' in elisp?
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:06:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv5zy0vck8.fsf-monnier+Inbox@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pnw9gcjl.fsf@portable.galex-713.eu> (Alexandre Garreau's message of "Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:14:38 +0200")
> No, `while' currently returns its last body, I just checked:
> (let ((x 0)) (while (< x 5) (setq x (+ 1 x))) 8))
The 8 in your test case is outside of `while`, so it just shows what
`let` returns, not what `while` returns. Try
(let ((x 0)) (while (< x 5) (setq x (+ 1 x))))
or
(let ((x 0)) (while (< x 5) (setq x (+ 1 x)) 8))
-- Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-17 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-16 17:42 Why is there no `until' in elisp? Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-16 19:16 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-10-16 19:31 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-16 20:23 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-10-16 23:00 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-19 15:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-16 21:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-17 0:12 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-17 2:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-17 9:14 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-17 15:06 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2018-10-17 16:51 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-19 15:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-19 18:08 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-17 8:04 ` Yuri Khan
2018-10-17 9:23 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-17 9:46 ` Yuri Khan
2018-10-17 11:06 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-17 17:50 ` Paul Eggert
2018-10-17 21:15 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-17 21:35 ` Paul Eggert
2018-10-17 21:49 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-17 22:33 ` Paul Eggert
2018-10-17 22:54 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2018-10-17 12:41 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-10-17 15:03 ` Stefan Monnier
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