GNU bug report logs - #322
off-by-one in doc/misc/cl.texi

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Reported by: "Felix -" <felix.1 <at> canids.net>

Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:35:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

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From: "Felix -" <felix.1 <at> canids.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: off-by-one in doc/misc/cl.texi
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 02:28:51 -0700

node "Iteration Clauses" says

@example
(loop repeat n do ...)
(loop for temp to n do ...)
@end example
@noindent
are identical except that the second one forces you to choose
a name for a variable you aren't actually going to use.

except they aren't identical.
the repeat loop runs n times, the for loop runs n+1 times.
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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: 322-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#322: off-by-one in doc/misc/cl.texi
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 23:02:35 -0400

> except they aren't identical.
> the repeat loop runs n times, the for loop runs n+1 times.

Thanks, I've fixed the examples to be identical,


        Stefan
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <don <at> donarmstrong.com> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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