[Gsll-devel] [clisp-list] Is this a bug, or does it violate the standard?

[Mirko Vukovic]

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Mirko Vukovic <mirko.vukovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> See below for words of wisdom regarding loop and macros.  I have seen
> that mentioned before.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pascal J. Bourguignon <pjb at informatimago.com>
> Date: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [clisp-list] Is this a bug, or does it violate the standard?
> To: clisp-list <clisp-list at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: Mirko Vukovic <mirko.vukovic at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 3:20 AM, Mirko Vukovic wrote:
>>
>> Indeed, the style "looked" bad, having a simple form in the middle of
>> compound forms..  The example was a distillation of a code from a
>> package that was compiling OK on SBCL, but failed on CLISP.
>>
>> I like the idea of macrolet.  And I will remember the (progn ...) trick as well.
>
>
> Which reminds me to mention that LOOP shouldn't be used in the
> expansion of macros because of this kind of problems...
> When writting macros, it's safer to use DO, DO*, DOLIST, DOTIMES
> or even TAGBODY/GO in the expansion.
>
> --
> __Pascal Bourguignon__
> http://www.informatimago.com
>

Oooh, thanks.  I have seen that mentioned before, but I will now *pay
attention* to it.