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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar.batsov@gmail.com>
Cc: John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: if-let and when-let: parallel or sequential
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:42:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr40nt7j1.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <etPan.53e8b096.4e6afb66.118e6@Bozhidars-MacBook-Pro.local> (Bozhidar Batsov's message of "Mon, 11 Aug 2014 15:01:26 +0300")

> if-let and when-let don’t make much sense with more than one binding
> form.

Why do you think so?  If they only work for a single binding, the
benefit is really minor.  It's only when you use several bindings that
the benefit becomes more significant (the alternative being either
a very deeply nested code, or separating the var's declarations from
their initialization).


        Stefan



  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-11 14:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-10  2:44 if-let and when-let: parallel or sequential John Mastro
2014-08-10 15:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-11 12:01   ` Bozhidar Batsov
2014-08-11 14:42     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-08-11 16:40       ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2014-08-11 17:49       ` Bozhidar Batsov
2014-08-11 20:55         ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2014-08-12  2:43       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-08-12  3:15       ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-12  3:30         ` John Mastro
2014-08-12 14:32           ` Elias Mårtenson

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