Re: Building Emacs overflowed pure space

[David Kastrup]

address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>
>> (dolist (i '(1 2))
>>   (dolist (j '(3 4))
>>     [...]))
>
> Huh?
>
> (dolist (i '(1 2))
>   (dolist (j '(3 4))
>     (print (cons i j))))
>
> => (1 . 3) (1 . 4) (2 . 3) (2 . 4)
>
>
> (defmacro dolist1 (spec &rest body)
>   "Loop over a list.
> Evaluate BODY with VAR bound to each car from LIST, in turn.
> Then evaluate RESULT to get return value, default nil.
>
> \(fn (VAR LIST [RESULT]) BODY...)"
>   (declare (indent 1) (debug ((symbolp form &optional form) body)))
>   `(let ((--dolist-temp-- ,(nth 1 spec))
>        ,(car spec))
>      (while --dolist-temp--
>        (setq ,(car spec) (car --dolist-temp--))
>        (setq --dolist-temp-- (cdr --dolist-temp--))
>        ,@body)
>      ,@(if (cdr (cdr spec))
>          `((setq ,(car spec) nil) ,@(cdr (cdr spec))))))
>
> (dolist1 (i '(1 2))
>   (dolist1 (j '(3 4))
>     (print (cons i j))))
>
> => (1 . 3) (1 . 4) (2 . 3) (2 . 4)
>
> .. so where's the difference?

Uh yes.

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