Subject: RE: bug#25017: Fwd: Re: dotimes var comiler warning

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:23:49 -0800 (PST)

> > FWIW, I think that if any changes are made to dotimes they
> > should be in the direction of Common Lisp dotimes.
> 
> How do Elisp's dotimes and Common Lisp's dotimes differ?

http://clhs.lisp.se/Body/m_dotime.htm

It respects `return' and `return-from'.  It allows tags
(for `go').

For purposes of this thread: As in Emacs Lisp, both VAR
and COUNT are required arguments.  In general, I'd prefer
that Emacs Lisp not diverge from but converge toward
Common Lisp.