bug#31697: 27.0.50; Add new macro dolist-with-progress-reporter

[Tino Calancha]

Severity: Wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>

It might have sense to have also this macro: sister of
`dotimes-with-progress-reporter'.

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commit cfe50e187acb0cc4341869cc35acac83d82826d4
Author: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Jun 3 22:06:12 2018 +0900

    Add new macro dolist-with-progress-reporter
    
    * lisp/subr.el (dolist-with-progress-reporter): New macro (Bug#31697).
    * lisp/cus-edit.el (custom-group-value-create): Use it.
    * lisp/dabbrev.el (dabbrev--progress-reporter): Delete variable.
    (dabbrev--find-expansion): Use dotimes-with-progress-reporter.
    
    * doc/lispref/display.texi: Document the macro
    ; * etc/NEWS: Announce it.

diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index ce7ec3ac10..dd1d1e80e9 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -485,6 +485,12 @@ Progress
 @end example
 @end defmac
 
+@defmac dolist-with-progress-reporter (var count [result]) reporter-or-message 
body@dots{}
+This is another convenience macro that works the same way as @code{dolist}
+does, but also reports loop progress using the functions described
+above.
+@end defmac
+
 @node Logging Messages
 @subsection Logging Messages in @file{*Messages*}
 @cindex logging echo-area messages
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 1b324986d9..16e2d6d752 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -562,6 +562,8 @@ manual for more details.
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 27.1
 
 +++
+** New macro dolist-with-progress-reporter.
++++
 ** New function assoc-delete-all.
 
 +++
diff --git a/lisp/cus-edit.el b/lisp/cus-edit.el
index a12897e799..c227bb0a26 100644
--- a/lisp/cus-edit.el
+++ b/lisp/cus-edit.el
@@ -4221,19 +4221,14 @@ custom-group-value-create
                            custom-buffer-order-groups))
                  (prefixes (widget-get widget :custom-prefixes))
                  (custom-prefix-list (custom-prefix-add symbol prefixes))
-                 (len (length members))
-                 (count 0)
-                 (reporter (make-progress-reporter
-                            "Creating group entries..." 0 len))
                  (have-subtitle (and (not (eq symbol 'emacs))
                                      (eq custom-buffer-order-groups 'last)))
                  prev-type
                  children)
 
-            (dolist (entry members)
+            (dolist-with-progress-reporter (entry members) "Creating group 
entries..."
               (unless (eq prev-type 'custom-group)
                 (widget-insert "\n"))
-              (progress-reporter-update reporter (setq count (1+ count)))
               (let ((sym (nth 0 entry))
                     (type (nth 1 entry)))
                 (when (and have-subtitle (eq type 'custom-group))
@@ -4255,8 +4250,7 @@ custom-group-value-create
             (setq children (nreverse children))
             (mapc 'custom-magic-reset children)
             (widget-put widget :children children)
-            (custom-group-state-update widget)
-            (progress-reporter-done reporter))
+            (custom-group-state-update widget))
           ;; End line
           (let ((p (1+ (point))))
             (insert "\n\n")
diff --git a/lisp/dabbrev.el b/lisp/dabbrev.el
index 57ee9a526a..4af22e6140 100644
--- a/lisp/dabbrev.el
+++ b/lisp/dabbrev.el
@@ -327,9 +327,6 @@ dabbrev--check-other-buffers
 ;; The regexp for recognizing a character in an abbreviation.
 (defvar dabbrev--abbrev-char-regexp nil)
 
-;; The progress reporter for buffer-scanning progress.
-(defvar dabbrev--progress-reporter nil)
-
 ;;----------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Macros
 ;;----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -739,21 +736,19 @@ dabbrev--find-expansion
         ;; Put that list in dabbrev--friend-buffer-list.
         (unless dabbrev--friend-buffer-list
            (setq dabbrev--friend-buffer-list
-                 (dabbrev--make-friend-buffer-list))
-           (setq dabbrev--progress-reporter
-                 (make-progress-reporter
-                  "Scanning for dabbrevs..."
-                  (- (length dabbrev--friend-buffer-list)) 0 0 1 1.5))))
+                 (dabbrev--make-friend-buffer-list))))
        ;; Walk through the buffers till we find a match.
        (let (expansion)
-        (while (and (not expansion) dabbrev--friend-buffer-list)
+        (dolist-with-progress-reporter
+            (_ dabbrev--friend-buffer-list)
+            (make-progress-reporter
+             "Scanning for dabbrevs..."
+             0 (length dabbrev--friend-buffer-list) 0 1 1.5)
           (setq dabbrev--last-buffer (pop dabbrev--friend-buffer-list))
           (set-buffer dabbrev--last-buffer)
-           (progress-reporter-update dabbrev--progress-reporter
-                                     (- (length dabbrev--friend-buffer-list)))
           (setq dabbrev--last-expansion-location (point-min))
-          (setq expansion (dabbrev--try-find abbrev nil 1 ignore-case)))
-        (progress-reporter-done dabbrev--progress-reporter)
+          (setq expansion (dabbrev--try-find abbrev nil 1 ignore-case))
+          (unless expansion (setq dabbrev--friend-buffer-list '())))
         expansion)))))
 
 ;; Compute the list of buffers to scan.
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 914112ccef..7eabc3e12a 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -5039,6 +5039,31 @@ dotimes-with-progress-reporter
                                   (setq ,(car spec) (1+ ,(car spec)))))
        (progress-reporter-done ,temp2)
        nil ,@(cdr (cdr spec)))))
+(defmacro dolist-with-progress-reporter (spec reporter-or-message &rest body)
+  "Loop over a list and report progress in the echo area.
+Evaluate BODY with VAR bound to each car from LIST, in turn.
+Then evaluate RESULT to get return value, default nil.
+
+REPORTER-OR-MESSAGE is a progress reporter object or a string.  In the latter
+case, use this string to create a progress reporter.
+
+At each iteration, print the reporter message followed by progress
+percentage in the echo area.  After the loop is finished,
+print the reporter message followed by word \"done\".
+
+\(fn (VAR LIST [RESULT]) MESSAGE BODY...)"
+  (declare (indent 2) (debug ((symbolp form &optional form) form body)))
+  (let ((prep (make-symbol "--dolist-progress-reporter--"))
+        (count (make-symbol "--dolist-count--")))
+    `(let ((,prep ,reporter-or-message)
+           (,count 0))
+       (when (stringp ,prep)
+         (setq ,prep (make-progress-reporter ,prep 0 (1- (length ,(cadr 
spec))))))
+       (dolist ,spec
+         ,@body
+         (progress-reporter-update ,prep (setq ,count (1+ ,count))))
+       (progress-reporter-done ,prep)
+       (or ,@(cdr (cdr spec)) nil))))
 
 
 ;;;; Comparing version strings.
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In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 78, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.11)
 of 2018-06-03 built on calancha-pc
Repository revision: e75c57f10ee9418599398361b0676f48d265fb12