GNU bug report logs - #39919
26.3; Incorrect byte-compiler warning

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mike Woolley <mike <at> bulsara.com>

Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 00:02:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 16206, 31232, 41287

Found in versions 24.3, 26.3, 28.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #39 received at 39919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Mike Woolley <mike <at> bulsara.com>
Cc: 39919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 31232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39919: 26.3; Incorrect byte-compiler warning
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:08:11 +0200

Mike Woolley <mike <at> bulsara.com> writes:

> I think people using `dotimes' from `cl’ are going to expect it to
> work like in Common Lisp (as that’s the whole point).

But note that dotimes is in subr.el, and cl-dotimes is separate (though
it's currently implemented on top of dotimes).

> Just deprecating the result parameter because it’s too hard doesn’t
> seem like a good solution :-)

I regret that I said it like that, no, that's not a reason.  The main
reason is that the whole existence (usefulness) of the RESULT argument
and its position in the syntax are questionable.

Michael.
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