bug#322: off-by-one in doc/misc/cl.texi

bug#322: off-by-one in doc/misc/cl.texi

[Felix -]

node "Iteration Clauses" says

@example
(loop repeat n do ...)
(loop for temp to n do ...)
@end example
@noindent
are identical except that the second one forces you to choose
a name for a variable you aren't actually going to use.

except they aren't identical.
the repeat loop runs n times, the for loop runs n+1 times.

bug#322: marked as done (off-by-one in doc/misc/cl.texi)

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From: "Felix -" <felix.1@canids.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: off-by-one in doc/misc/cl.texi
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 02:28:51 -0700
Message-ID: <433125f80805270228q47864a16w9715d4c34078407@mail.gmail.com>

node "Iteration Clauses" says

@example
(loop repeat n do ...)
(loop for temp to n do ...)
@end example
@noindent
are identical except that the second one forces you to choose
a name for a variable you aren't actually going to use.

except they aren't identical.
the repeat loop runs n times, the for loop runs n+1 times.




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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: 322-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#322: off-by-one in doc/misc/cl.texi
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 23:02:35 -0400
Message-ID: <jwvwslc7avo.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org>

> except they aren't identical.
> the repeat loop runs n times, the for loop runs n+1 times.

Thanks, I've fixed the examples to be identical,


        Stefan