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27.0.50; Obsolete argument RESULT in the macro `dotimes'

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Message #38 received at 31232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Christopher Wellons <wellons <at> nullprogram.com>, 31232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 16206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#16206: 24.3; Incorrect unused variable byte-compiler
 warning in dotimes
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:31:20 +0200

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

>> 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".
>
> "Its use is deprecated".

I've touched it up further -- I thought it was unclear what "it" was
referring to, and I've now also mentioned that using it may result in
byte compilation warnings.

With that change, I don't think there's anything more to fix here.  It
was mentioned that perhaps cl-dotimes should have a different
implementation, but I, too, think the RESULT bit is awkward, so I don't
think it's worth it.  So I'm closing this bug report.

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