Re: Why is there no `until' in elisp?

[Stefan Monnier]

> No, `while' currently returns its last body, I just checked:
> (let ((x 0)) (while (< x 5) (setq x (+ 1 x))) 8))

The 8 in your test case is outside of `while`, so it just shows what
`let` returns, not what `while` returns.  Try

    (let ((x 0)) (while (< x 5) (setq x (+ 1 x))))
or
    (let ((x 0)) (while (< x 5) (setq x (+ 1 x)) 8))


-- Stefan