bug#63588: closed (29.x: dotimes (possible) problem)

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> 29.x: dotimes (possible) problem
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> Fri, 19 May 2023 10:54:46 +0200
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> hello
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> the dotimes macro behaves differently in 29.x with respect to previous
> versions
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> Basically: changing the value of the loop variable in the body of
> dotimes does not seem to have any effect, where for versions <29.x it
> used to.
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> Here is a minimal stretch of dummy code clarifying the problem I'm
> reporting.
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> emacs-29.0.91 (or 29.0.90)
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> (dotimes (ii 10)
> (insert (format "%2d " ii))
> (when (= ii 4)(setq ii 11))
> )
> ==>  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 
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> emacs-28.2 (or any version <29.x)
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> (dotimes (ii 10)
> (insert (format "%2d " ii))
> (when (= ii 4)(setq ii 11))
> )
> ==>  0  1  2  3  4 
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> The ability to jump out of the loop by pushing the loop variable over
> the upper limit is something that I happen to use in my scripts, so
> 29.x breaks them somehow
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> Of course, there are very many other equivalent ways to
> accomplish the same result, but I don't see why this one
> shouldn't be supported (any longer)
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> Is the changed behavior intentional? Am I missing some blatant point here?
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> AFAICS, changing the value of the loop variable from inside the loop
> body is supported by any other language which I know about
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> thank you very much in advance for any hint/feedback
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> ciao
> -gabriele
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> Re: bug#63588: 29.x: dotimes (possible) problem
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> Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:10:40 -0700
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> Version: 29.1
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> Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> writes:
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> > 19 maj 2023 kl. 19.47 skrev Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:
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> >> Feel free to suggest a NEWS entry, and thanks.
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> > There is now a NEWS entry in emacs-29. Do modify it as you like.
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> It seems like that was all that needed doing here, so I'm closing this.
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