GNU bug report logs - #79320
30.2; Doc of `dolist'

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 19:51:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 30.2

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "79320 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <79320 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#79320: 30.2; Doc of `dolist'
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:24:54 +0000

> Where does the documentation say that the first argument to dolist
> _cannot_ be a dynamically-bounded variable?

I already said that it does not say that.  It correctly
says that "VAR is bound...".  The point is that it might
not be obvious that VAR can be a defvar; that's all.

That users might not be aware of this isn't the end of
the world.  But it wouldn't hurt to point it out.
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