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Re: How do you say "ignore"?

In article <8912120405.AA01120@diamond.STC.LOCKHEED.COM> "RDP%ALAN.LAAC-AI.Dialnet.Symbolics.COM"%ALAN.kahuna.DECNET.LOCKHEED.COM@WARBUCKS.AI.SRI.COM writes:

>
>Does anyone have a standard idiom that they use when ignoring variables
>in a destructuring pattern in LOOP?
>
>For example:
>
>(DEFUN IGNORE-TEST ()
>  (LOOP FOR (X IGNORE) IN '((A B) (C D))
>	COLLECT X))
>
>The way this is currently written the compiler will complain:
>
>For Function IGNORE-TEST
>  While compiling (SETQ IGNORE (CAR #:TEMP)):
>    The variable IGNORE is unknown and has been assumed SPECIAL
>


(DEFUN IGNORE-TEST ()
  (LOOP FOR (X NIL) IN '((A B) (C D))
	COLLECT X))

does the trick.
(responsible-p ADS message)
NIL
(si:halt)