Re: Precedence of for clauses in cl-loop

[Udyant Wig]

On 9/8/18 7:07 AM, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> Hmm, I wasn't aware of this, but it seems to be on purpose,
> https://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/clm/node239.html says:
>
>     All variables are initialized first, regardless of where the
> establishing clauses appear in the source. The order of initialization
> follows the order of these clauses.
>

Indeed.  The Common Lisp Standard concurs:

<URL:http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/06_aaf.htm>

The phrasing is identical there.

Udyant Wig
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