From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7408: Linux patchutils: Development of the project? Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:21:27 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1213200935.4147.62.camel@cyberelk.elk> <87pqu59d16.fsf@picasso.cante.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1289947469 19918 80.91.229.12 (16 Nov 2010 22:44:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:44:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7408@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jari Aalto Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 16 23:44:25 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PIUGG-0002o5-VU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:44:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44913 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PIUGG-0000D8-GL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:44:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37481 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PIUG7-0000Az-Ne for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:44:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PIUG6-0004AH-Lc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:44:15 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45767) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PIUG6-0004AD-Io for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:44:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PITpl-00005S-W0; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:17:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:17:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7408 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7408-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7408.1289945789323 (code B ref 7408); Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:17:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7408) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Nov 2010 22:16:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PITpF-00005A-Ig for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:16:29 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PITpE-000051-18 for 7408@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:16:28 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjEIAGiS4kxFpY76/2dsb2JhbAChZn1ywE2FSwSEWo1g X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.59,207,1288584000"; d="scan'208";a="82722140" Original-Received: from 69-165-142-250.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.142.250]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 16 Nov 2010 17:21:27 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 59427A82A9; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:21:27 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87pqu59d16.fsf@picasso.cante.net> (Jari Aalto's message of "Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:25:25 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:17:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , 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:41677 Archived-At: >> subr.el has had a dolist definition since at least Emacs 21.x; ie 9 years. >> Therefore this cannot be a major issue in practice. > In my book it is still a bug, no matter how many years ago this bug were > introduced: > - To have two different implementations of same function. > - To not be able to rely on uniform behavior. You look at it the wrong way: the problem is not with dolist, it's that you use `return' which is a special form that's not defined in standard Elisp. After (require 'cl), `return' gets defined and things work as you expect. Stefan