From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:19:55 -0800 Message-ID: <159F2D3F07C047AA9E63E27B32EDC589@us.oracle.com> References: <87mx9su32g.fsf@web.de> <87pqd6wnvv.fsf@gmail.com> <87d395y1w0.fsf@gmail.com> <87zkc8x04p.fsf@gmail.com><87vcmwwvk7.fsf@gmail.com> <834nugtwqf.fsf@gnu.org><87r4xkwhky.fsf@gmail.com> <83vcmws3bs.fsf@gnu.org><87ehtkwaiz.fsf@gmail.com> <87wr7cgsm3.fsf@gmx.de><8762eww77b.fsf@gmail.com> <83pqd4roav.fsf@gnu.org><87haygx97t.fsf@gmx.de> <87aa47rj6z.fsf@gmail.com><878vjrxpej.fsf@gmx.de> <87pqd3i8ky.fsf@gmail.com><87ipiuvsbw.fsf@gmx.de> <87ehtgo8yf.fsf@gmail.com><87pqd0pmhh.fsf@gmx.de> <8762eso6pn.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330352491 1040 80.91.229.3 (27 Feb 2012 14:21:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10489@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Thierry Volpiatto'" , "'Michael Albinus'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 27 15:21:30 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S21SE-0008Uv-23 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:20:08 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt102.oracle.com (abhmt102.oracle.com [141.146.116.54]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q1REK7Ll019058; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:20:08 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.34.90) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:20:07 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <8762eso6pn.fsf@gmail.com> Thread-Index: Acz1QzbsXax2zXM9RNunUMURbFFJjAAF3mtg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090208.4F4B911C.0144,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:57307 Archived-At: > > I cannot speak for Chong, but personally I dislike CL's loop. > Like many Emacs maintainers unfortunately. > > > It isn't readable, and so it decreases maintanability of > > such a basic package like files.el. > I disagree. > Once you are used to it, it is more readable and easier to maintain. AFAIK, `loop' is a macro, so its use in Emacs source code is not a no-no. There is no need to require cl.el at runtime, in order to use `loop'. (I personally am not a big fan of `loop', but I do use it sometimes.)