GNU bug report logs - #7408
23.2.1 dolist -- subr.el and cl-macs differ with nil-block return

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.2+1-4

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 7408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
To: 7408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Linux patchutils: Development of the project?
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:25:25 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> subr.el has had a dolist definition since at least Emacs 21.x; ie 9 years.
> Therefore this cannot be a major issue in practice.

In my book it is still a bug, no matter how many years ago this bug were
introduced:

    - To have two different implementations of same function.
    - To not be able to rely on uniform behavior.

Jari
This bug report was last modified 14 years and 186 days ago.

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