Re: How to avoid compiler warning `unused lexical variable' for `dolist' or `dotimes'?

[Emanuel Berg]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> It's hidden because it's not at the usual place where the
> return value is usually placed (i.e. in the last
> expression).
>
> There are several other macros/specialforms that also place
> the return value elsewhere than the last expression, such as
> `unwind-protect`, (and to a lesser extent `if`, `cond`,
> `condition-case`, `prog1`), but these still place the return
> value in one of the immediate subexpressions, many of them
> use indentation to try and make the return value "stand out"
> from the rest, etc...
>
> In contrast in `dotimes` and `dolist` it's placed in
> a sub-sub-expression and moreover it's one that's rarely
> used (arguably *because* it's too deeply nested), so you're
> likely to miss it if you don't go looking for it
> very actively.
>
> Not that it matters anyway,

It matters in the sense I just enjoyed reading that.

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