From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why are there two dolist? Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:54:14 +0900 Message-ID: References: <20090811.193025.204578572.hanche@math.ntnu.no> <20090811.202730.45673955.hanche@math.ntnu.no> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250038483 9773 80.91.229.12 (12 Aug 2009 00:54:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:54:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Harald Hanche-Olsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 12 02:54:35 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mb26t-0000z0-4c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:54:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54843 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb26q-0003vT-Uy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:54:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb26l-0003v6-UH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:54:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb26h-0003uc-6Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:54:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57902 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb26h-0003uZ-0t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:54:23 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:47246) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mb26e-00088o-Cw; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:54:21 -0400 Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.54]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n7C0sFYe019256; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:54:15 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:54:15 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.113.123] [10.114.113.123]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:54:15 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 32E4E52E23F; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:54:15 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:33:23 +0200") Original-Lines: 17 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:114114 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: > I do not understand your code above, but is not the conclusion that > the cl-macs.el version does not do what it is supposed to do? What > value does it have then? (Perhaps it can be fixed, I don't know.) It need not work perfectly to have value. I don't know whether CL return-from is defined to work across function-call boundaries, but the vast majority of uses are far simpler, and the cl.el version should work fine in those cases. [cl.el is not anywhere close to being truly CL-compatible in general] -Miles -- Opportunity, n. A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.