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I think that's a false friend though, > since they're only similar, not actually the same (of course the > semantics couldn't be exactly the same or there'd be no reason for > 'if-let*' and 'when-let*' to exist). FWIW, this is the argument that convinced me that the `*`-versions are better: bindings are more like in `let` than in `let*`. To my mind, that makes the `*`-naming more self-documenting and clear.