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From: tomas@tuxteam.de
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
Cc: "Linus Björnstam" <linus.bjornstam@veryfast.biz>,
	guile-devel <guile-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Patch] definitions in when, unless, do as well as in cond- and case-clauses
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 21:31:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YgAwNJtFuAWeRLXm@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cf41bf13f5a4f6d04a92a4e07a36d82691ad6209.camel@telenet.be>

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On Sun, Feb 06, 2022 at 09:28:15PM +0100, Maxime Devos wrote:
> Stefan Israelsson Tampe schreef op zo 06-02-2022 om 21:13 [+0100]:
> > Hmm just why conditionals use begin and not let,
> 
> I'd assume the reason is that this is how it has been done in the past
> and because of performance reasons (which don't seem to apply
> anymore?), so I guess that we could now switch to the more general
> 'let'?

Hm. Perhaps it's just ergonomics of sorts. The intention of `begin' seems
somehow clearer than a `let' with no bindings (or, more insidious, with
unused bindings ;)

Cheers
-- 
t

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-06 20:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-16 19:11 [Patch] definitions in when, unless, do as well as in cond- and case-clauses Linus Björnstam
2021-06-17  9:06 ` Maxime Devos
2021-06-17 12:57   ` Linus Björnstam
2021-06-17 13:54     ` Maxime Devos
2022-02-03 10:48 ` Linus Björnstam
     [not found]   ` <CAGua6m1Cqe=aLOD7-jfzoqxP1aOxvWn3=UgcKyk+Dx7_51Bq3w@mail.gmail.com>
2022-02-04 20:11     ` Fwd: " Stefan Israelsson Tampe
2022-02-04 20:58       ` Maxime Devos
     [not found]         ` <CAGua6m11r27x=rq4S4fF09vHY+S-Az7GOZfmoT41hEBDSkLJQg@mail.gmail.com>
2022-02-04 21:40           ` Fwd: " Stefan Israelsson Tampe
2022-02-04 23:39           ` Maxime Devos
2022-02-05  1:14             ` Stefan Israelsson Tampe
2022-02-05 10:55               ` Maxime Devos
2022-02-05 17:31                 ` Stefan Israelsson Tampe
2022-02-05 17:36                   ` Maxime Devos
2022-02-06  6:44                   ` Linus Björnstam
2022-02-06  9:27                     ` tomas
2022-02-06  9:40                       ` Maxime Devos
2022-02-06  9:45                       ` Linus Björnstam
2022-02-06 10:48                         ` tomas
2022-02-06 20:13                           ` Stefan Israelsson Tampe
2022-02-06 20:28                             ` Maxime Devos
2022-02-06 20:31                               ` tomas [this message]
     [not found]                               ` <CAGua6m3BHMXOhT3PHZcxdqHqHomTFESO31j5CcSNK3pbA7K-Kg@mail.gmail.com>
2022-02-06 21:26                                 ` Maxime Devos
2022-02-06 21:27                                   ` Maxime Devos
2022-02-07  5:56                             ` Linus Björnstam

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