Re: single-float var declaration in loop

On 11 Jun 2011, at 11:55, André Lynum wrote:

> 
> I'm trying to do this declaration in a loop which I though should be standard Common Lisp:
> 
> CL-USER 6 > (loop for x below 10 for y single-float = 1.0 collect y)
> 
> Error: Unknown LOOP keyword in (... SINGLE-FLOAT = 1.0 COLLECT Y).  Maybe missing OF-TYPE loop keyword.
>  1 (abort) Return to level 0.
>  2 Return to top loop level 0.
> 
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> 
> CL-USER 7 : 1 > 
> 
> Adding of-type works but I can't find this keyword in the Hyperspec. Is this keyword a part of the spec?


Yes, it's here: http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/m_loop.htm

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Pascal Costanza