GNU bug report logs - #46819
28.0.50; Undesireable warning: Empty let body from the `benchmark-run' implementation

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Message #23 received at 46819 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org>, 46819 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46819: 28.0.50; Undesireable warning: Empty let body from
 the `benchmark-run' implementation
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 15:13:24 +0100

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

> It'd be easy to put an explicit nil in the loop's body, but....
>
> The idea was that in actual (non-macroexpanded) source code, empty let
> bodies are usually the result of a misplaced paren.  But it's probably
> more often annoying than useful since we can't easily distinguish a "let
> from source code" from a "let from a macro expansion".
>
> So I'm also voting to revert that change.
> Any objection?

It is a nice and helpful warning, though, so if it could be fixed in
another way, that'd be great.  (But I have no idea how, of course.)

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