Hi there! It is known that loop macro allows keywords as clause start designators: (loop :for i :from 1 :to 10 :collect i) So do many html generation libs, e.g. cl-who:

(:a :href ...)

Iterate didn't do that and it caused problems while using iterate in conjunction with other libraries such as cl-utilities which defines collecting and collect macros.

I patched iterate so that it can use keywords now:

(iter:iter (:for i :from 1 :to 5) (when (oddp i) (:collect i)) (:finally (print "hurray!")))

So one need no more to import any symbols from iterate (maybe except iter itself).

I also added test of "iterate with keywords" to a regression test suite. you can find a patch and a new file here.

http://paste.lisp.org/display/69869

Discussion (currently empty) can be found here:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_thread/thread/f252c7931...

Would iterate developers like to incorporate the changes to the main branch?

If not, would you object against creating separate iterate-keywords project on the net?

best regards

Denis Budyak