GNU bug report logs - #27177
26.0.50: Macroexpanding cl-loop and friends (make-symbol usage)

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Message #53 received at 27177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 27177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Alex <agrambot <at> gmail.com>, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: bug#27177: 26.0.50: Macroexpanding cl-loop and friends
 (make-symbol usage)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:53:23 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> Stefan, why did you make the switch? Using cl-gensym would help a ton
>> with readability of cl-loop's macroexpansion.
>
> I don't consider human-readability of the result to be something that
> a macro should have to pay attention to.

There didn't seem to be much enthusiasm for changing the code generation
here, so I'm closing this bug report.  If there is something more to be
done here, please respond to the debbugs address and we'll reopen.

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