Subject: Re: bug#40280: gnus-cloud doesn't do anything useful

From: Ted Zlatanov <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:10:56 +0000

On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:13:29 +0100 David Edmondson <[email-masked]> wrote: 

DE> On Tuesday, 2020-06-16 at 19:56:05 +01, Basil L. Contovounesios wrote:
>> This change means the result of the mapcar is no longer used or
>> returned, giving rise to the following warning:
>> 
>> In gnus-cloud-download-data:
>> gnus/gnus-cloud.el:482:12: Warning: ‘mapcar’ called for effect; use ‘mapc’ or
>> ‘dolist’ instead
>> 
>> It also makes highest-sequence-seen the return value of
>> gnus-cloud-download-data.  Is this intended?

DE> No, it's not an intended change and is not desirable. Presumably
DE> replacing `progn' with `prog1' would properly restore the previous
DE> behaviour.

DE> Should I submit a further patch?

Please do. Thanks to you and Basil.

Ted