GNU bug report logs - #16206
24.3; Incorrect unused variable byte-compiler warning in dotimes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Christopher Wellons <wellons <at> nullprogram.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:08:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 31232, 39919, 41287

Found in versions 24.3, 26.3, 28.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Christopher Wellons <wellons <at> nullprogram.com>, 16206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16206: 24.3; Incorrect unused variable byte-compiler warning in dotimes
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 22:31:57 +0300

>> -the return value (nil if RESULT is omitted).
>> +the return value (nil if RESULT is omitted).  Note that RESULT
>> +should not be used unless it makes use of VAR.
>
> I would drop the "unless it makes use of VAR".

But without that addition the sentence makes no sense when
the documentation describes the RESULT argument and then
at the end says that "RESULT should not be used".
And I have no better idea how to handle its obsolescence:
maybe just remove all mentions of RESULT from documentation?
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