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

[jari]

On 2010-11-21 00:45, Stefan Monnier wrote:
| >     $ emacs -Q
| 
| >     (progn
| >       (autoload 'return "cl-macs" nil nil 'macro)
| >       (dolist (elt '(1 2))
| >         (return elt)))
| 
| This causes cl-macs to be run at an unexpected time.  I.e. it's ruled
| out for being a contrived example. 

Is the above code not valid? Does it not do what it is supposed to do;
to define `return' when it will be used for the first time?

| E.g. I'd be *really* surprised if it were an example you bumped into
| before this discussion.

Surprise or not, it demonstrates the defiency of claimed:

    - "dolist and dotimes are 100% compatible with CL's definition."

The question is not about "missing return", but differing dolist
implementation in subr.el

Jari