From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 45715@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45715: 27.1; Doc string of `dotimes'
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:13:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zh1gswvq.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57f0a805-bef8-477e-b5f2-2e0bf787d556@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 7 Jan 2021 15:08:17 +0000 (UTC)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Loop a certain number of times.
> Evaluate BODY with VAR bound to successive integers running from 0,
> inclusive, to COUNT, exclusive. Then evaluate RESULT to get the
> return value (nil if RESULT is omitted). Its use is deprecated.
> ^^^
>
> In the last sentence, "its" is unclear.
Indeed, which is why it's
---
Finally RESULT is evaluated to get the return value (nil if
RESULT is omitted). Using RESULT is deprecated, and may result
in compilation warnings about unused variables.
---
in Emacs 28.
> Also, that sentence is missing from the doc string of `cl-dotimes',
> even though it is present in the CL Info manual. And for `cl-dotimes'
> it should be made clear that this "deprecation" is only about the
> Emacs Lisp emulation; the RETURN arg for Common Lisp `dotimes' has not
> been deprecated.
The two are different functions, so I don't see why. Closing.
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2021-01-07 15:08 bug#45715: 27.1; Doc string of `dotimes' Drew Adams
2021-01-10 14:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-01-11 13:16 ` Noam Postavsky
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