On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:36 AM Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

> It is clearer to write
>
>   (setq var value)
>   (if var ...)

Sure.

I think I've used (if (setq...) only in cases where it avoided an
indentation level
(having to add `progn' or somesuch) in code already overstuffed.