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Diffstat (limited to 'txr.1')
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@@ -13178,6 +13178,9 @@ If all these clauses are exhausted, and there is no then the value nil is returned. Otherwise, the forms in the .meta else-clause are evaluated, and the value of the last one is returned. +If there are no forms, then +.code nil +is returned. The syntax of a .meta normal-clause @@ -49313,13 +49316,15 @@ is given an argument which is equal or lower. For instance .code "-C 103" selects the behaviors described below for version 105, but not those for 102. .IP 156 -After version 156, a bug was fixed in the macro expander for +After version 156, two behaviors changed in the in the macro expander for .codn caseq , .code caseql and -.codn casequal . -Selecting a compatibility value of 156 or less restores the buggy -behavior. The bug was that single-atom case keys were undergoing +.codn casequal : +one outright bug was fixed, and one hitherto undocumented behavior +was changed and specified in the documentation at the same time. +Selecting a compatibility value of 156 or less restores the previous +behaviors. The bug was that single-atom case keys were undergoing evaluation. For instance .code "(caseql x (a 0))" would arrange for the evaluation of @@ -49330,6 +49335,15 @@ itself. Beside using the compatibility mechanism, a workaround is to use a list of keys, exemplified by a rewrite of the foregoing expression to .codn "(caseql x ((a) 0))" . +The other behavior was that empty lists of forms in a clause were +producing a result value of +.codn t . +For example +.code "(case 1 (1))" +previously yielded +.codn t , +but now yields +.codn nil . .IP 155 After version 155, the .code tok-str |