Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence'

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, "Satyaki Das" <address@hidden> writes:

> Kenichi Handa <address@hidden> writes:
>>    ;; Combining diacritics
>>    (setq c #x300)
>>    (while (<= c #x362)
>>      (modify-category-entry (decode-char 'ucs c) ?^)
>>      (setq c (1+ c)))

> If I were you I would be using loop as follows:

>    ;; Combining diacritics
>    (loop for c from #x300 to #x362
>          do (modify-category-entry (decode-char 'ucs c) ?^))

> Is there any particular reason for loop to be avoided? It is a
> macro in CL, so it gets expanded at compile time. I ask since I
> have used it in MH-E.

The above is an example usage of `sequence' (or `range'),
not the reason of requesting this function.  The original
reason is that there are cases that we need a list generated
by this function.

And, as far as I remember, it should be avoided to require
`cl' in a preloaded file if possible.  Is this rule changed
now?

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Ken'ichi HANDA
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