+ ;; As far as I can tell, the effect of the following code is
+ ;; to detect cases where we know statically whether the first
+ ;; iteration of the loop will be executed. Depending on the
+ ;; situation, we can either:
+ ;; a) save one jump and one comparison per loop (not per iteration)
+ ;; when it will get executed
+ ;; b) remove the loop body completely when it won't be executed
+ ;;
+ ;; Noble goals. However, the code generated in case a) will
+ ;; fool the loop induction variable detection, and cause
+ ;; code like (LOOP FOR I TO 10 ...) to use generic addition
+ ;; (bug #278a).
+ ;;
+ ;; Since the gain in case a) is rather minimal and Python is
+ ;; generally smart enough to handle b) without any extra
+ ;; support from the loop macro, I've disabled this code for
+ ;; now. The code and the comment left here in case somebody
+ ;; extends the induction variable bound detection to work
+ ;; with code where the stepping precedes the test.
+ ;; -- JES 2005-11-30
+ #+nil