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bug#57907: 29.0.50; Using keywords with cl-loop


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: bug#57907: 29.0.50; Using keywords with cl-loop
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 14:20:20 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> It seems to me that it would be nice to support these too, as keywords
> have the superficial advantage of being a bit more readable due to their
> additional highlighting, and for some people it makes the macro a bit
> more comfortable to use since it doesn't have to feel like you are using
> a whole new language, but instead these are just keyword arguments to an
> unusual function call.

I think it'd just lead to even more confusion, since they aren't really
keyword arguments.  Because then you'd have to say

(loop ...
      :do (progn (foo) (bar)))

But you can say

(loop ...
      do (foo)
         (bar))






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