bug#7604: `loop', PATCH: loop, cl-parse-loop-clause, cl-map-intervals -- being the intervals of

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

MON KEY <monkey@sandpframing.com> writes:

> (loop for <VAR> being the intervals in <BUFFER> property <PROP> from
> <INT> to <INT>
>       collecting tp)
>
> So, I would also expect either of these to work as well (they don't):
>
> (loop for <VAR> being the intervals in <BUFFER> of property <PROP>
> from <INT> to <INT>
>       collecting tp)
>
> (loop for <VAR> being the intervals of <BUFFER> in property <PROP>
> from <INT> to <INT>
>       collecting tp)
>
> There should be an additional infix filler word preceding `property'
> as their is with the hash-table loop clauses, and he right fix IMO
> would be to add a `using' syntax instead of and/or in addition to
> testing for `property' which is pretty clearly (of itself) NTRT.

Well, the manual says (if I understand it correctly) that "property"
itself is the keyword here, so in/of isn't necessarily valid, even if it
makes sense.

But nothing uses this stuff (fortunately), so I don't think there's any
point in extending it, so I'm closing this bug report.

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