From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3752: 23.0.95; I can not understant a sentence in Intro to Emacs Lisp . Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:58:11 -0400 Message-ID: <77eisu6318.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <907065090907040600x6c452684n93bc105623d3dacf@mail.gmail.com> <907065090907041913k35238898uca5ea25e90ab7da2@mail.gmail.com> <19024.4165.105934.813448@fencepost.gnu.org> <907065090907041947k6884775fk55f332c776e6858f@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Glenn Morris , 3752@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246843068 12748 80.91.229.12 (6 Jul 2009 01:17:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:17:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3752@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: waterloo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 06 03:17:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MNcpw-0002ql-HF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:17:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33628 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MNcpv-0001y1-JF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:17:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MNcpq-0001xA-In for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:17:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MNcpl-0001wC-Ut for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:17:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54825 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MNcpl-0001w7-Po for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:17:29 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:34593) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MNcpl-0001A3-DM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:17:29 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n661HPCB027303; Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:17:27 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n66155Nx024756; Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:05:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:05:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3752 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3752-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3752.124684189723448 (code B ref 3752); Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:05:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3752) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Jul 2009 00:58:17 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n660wDj2023443 for <3752@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:58:14 -0700 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MNcX6-0005Ar-1H; Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:58:12 -0400 X-Spook: bullion world domination Becker Adriatic TWA lock picking X-Ran: A,aTW.i31L?C`cj1PfX/280BOpmvqx:hF|k/Iyqy+1!GcOKhhpsSHui[[mtOVW8s)Ve9VH X-Hue: white X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <907065090907041947k6884775fk55f332c776e6858f@mail.gmail.com> (waterloo's message of "Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:47:06 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:17:34 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:29191 Archived-At: waterloo wrote: > when test of while is nil , it does not run `print' following it. > who does print nil ? > > or if all function will print its return value ? As explained in the earlier section of the manual (on "Evaluation"), evaluating a function with C-x C-e prints the return value. For example (+ 2 2) or (progn (princ "Evaluating with C-x C-e prints the return value.\n") 42)