GNU bug report logs - #31696
27.0.50; dotimes-with-progress-reporter: Polimorphic 2nd argument

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 13:17:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 31696 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31696 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#31696: 27.0.50;
 dotimes-with-progress-reporter: Polimorphic 2nd argument
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2018 22:51:34 +0900
Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>     dotimes-with-progress-reporter: Polimorphic 2nd argument
>
> Polymorphic with a "y".
Thank you :-)

>> +(defmacro dotimes-with-progress-reporter (spec reporter-or-message &rest body)
>
>> +  (let ((prep (make-symbol "--dotimes-prep--")))
>> +    `(let ((,prep ,reporter-or-message))
>> +       (when (stringp ,prep)
>> +         (setq ,prep (make-progress-reporter ,prep 0 ,(cadr spec))))
>> +       (dotimes ,spec
>
> The (cadr spec) expression would be evaluated twice.
Ohhh, you are right.  Thank you!
I will add another variable.
Here is the updated patch:
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commit fd7412a31acb16a361cdbda6080954de6241cf0f
Author: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Jun 3 22:47:47 2018 +0900

    dotimes-with-progress-reporter: Polymorphic 2nd argument
    
    * lisp/subr.el (dotimes-with-progress-reporter): Allow 2nd arg to be
    a string or a progress reporter (Bug#31696).
    * doc/lispref/display.texi (node Progress): Update manual.

diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index ce7ec3ac10..8591fa8cef 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ Progress
 Secondly, @samp{done} is more explicit.
 @end defun
 
-@defmac dotimes-with-progress-reporter (var count [result]) message body <at> dots{}
+@defmac dotimes-with-progress-reporter (var count [result]) reporter-or-message body <at> dots{}
 This is a convenience macro that works the same way as @code{dotimes}
 does, but also reports loop progress using the functions described
 above.  It allows you to save some typing.
@@ -483,6 +483,18 @@ Progress
     "Collecting some mana for Emacs..."
   (sit-for 0.01))
 @end example
+
+
+The second argument @code{reporter-or-message} might be a progress
+reporter object.  This is useful if you want to specify the optional
+arguments in @code{make-progress-reporter}.
+For instance, you can write previous example as follows:
+@example
+(dotimes-with-progress-reporter
+    (k 500)
+    (make-progress-reporter "Collecting some mana for Emacs..." 0 500 0 1 1.5)
+  (sit-for 0.01))
+@end example
 @end defmac
 
 @node Logging Messages
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 914112ccef..62b9681f34 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -5013,32 +5013,34 @@ progress-reporter-done
   "Print reporter's message followed by word \"done\" in echo area."
   (message "%sdone" (aref (cdr reporter) 3)))
 
-(defmacro dotimes-with-progress-reporter (spec message &rest body)
+(defmacro dotimes-with-progress-reporter (spec reporter-or-message &rest body)
   "Loop a certain number of times and report progress in the echo area.
 Evaluate BODY with VAR bound to successive integers running from
 0, inclusive, to COUNT, exclusive.  Then evaluate RESULT to get
 the return value (nil if RESULT is omitted).
 
-At each iteration MESSAGE followed by progress percentage is
-printed in the echo area.  After the loop is finished, MESSAGE
-followed by word \"done\" is printed.  This macro is a
-convenience wrapper around `make-progress-reporter' and friends.
+REPORTER-OR-MESSAGE is a progress reporter object or a string.  In the latter
+case, use this string to create a progress reporter.
+
+At each iteration, print the reporter message followed by progress
+percentage in the echo area.  After the loop is finished,
+print the reporter message followed by word \"done\".
+
+This macro is a convenience wrapper around `make-progress-reporter' and friends.
 
 \(fn (VAR COUNT [RESULT]) MESSAGE BODY...)"
   (declare (indent 2) (debug ((symbolp form &optional form) form body)))
-  (let ((temp (make-symbol "--dotimes-temp--"))
-	(temp2 (make-symbol "--dotimes-temp2--"))
-	(start 0)
-	(end (nth 1 spec)))
-    `(let ((,temp ,end)
-	   (,(car spec) ,start)
-	   (,temp2 (make-progress-reporter ,message ,start ,end)))
-       (while (< ,(car spec) ,temp)
-	 ,@body
-	 (progress-reporter-update ,temp2
-				   (setq ,(car spec) (1+ ,(car spec)))))
-       (progress-reporter-done ,temp2)
-       nil ,@(cdr (cdr spec)))))
+  (let ((prep (make-symbol "--dotimes-prep--"))
+        ((end (make-symbol "--dotimes-end--"))))
+    `(let ((,prep ,reporter-or-message)
+           (,end ,(cadr spec)))
+       (when (stringp ,prep)
+         (setq ,prep (make-progress-reporter ,prep 0 ,end)))
+       (dotimes ,spec
+         ,@body
+         (progress-reporter-update ,prep (1+ ,(car spec))))
+       (progress-reporter-done ,prep)
+       (or ,@(cdr (cdr spec)) nil))))
 
 
 ;;;; Comparing version strings.
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