From c0a8ae956f71631400fcb52669f4f923ed4151af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Ryde Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:14:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * cl.texi (For Clauses): Add destructuring example processing an alist. --- doc/misc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/misc/cl.texi | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index 3738301ceea..9687f474286 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-07-10 Kevin Ryde + + * cl.texi (For Clauses): Add destructuring example processing an + alist (bug#6596). + 2011-07-12 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen * org.texi (Special agenda views): Fix double quoting (bug#3509). diff --git a/doc/misc/cl.texi b/doc/misc/cl.texi index ab54b99138a..3f3d616e343 100644 --- a/doc/misc/cl.texi +++ b/doc/misc/cl.texi @@ -2586,7 +2586,14 @@ the trailing values are ignored, and if there are more variables than values the trailing variables get the value @code{nil}. If @code{nil} is used as a variable name, the corresponding values are ignored. Destructuring may be nested, and dotted -lists of variables like @code{(x . y)} are allowed. +lists of variables like @code{(x . y)} are allowed, so for example +to process an alist + +@example +(loop for (key . value) in '((a . 1) (b . 2)) + collect value) + @result{} (1 2) +@end example @node Iteration Clauses, Accumulation Clauses, For Clauses, Loop Facility @subsection Iteration Clauses -- 2.39.5