From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Han-Wen Nienhuys Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: C++ declaration style programming? Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:45:00 +0100 Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <16398.29772.440246.708836@localhost.localdomain> References: <16397.43262.881852.180514@localhost.localdomain> Reply-To: hanwen@cs.uu.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074690031 6634 80.91.224.253 (21 Jan 2004 13:00:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:00:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 21 14:00:24 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AjHy4-00028M-00 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:00:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AjHuR-00087l-P3 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 07:56:39 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AjHjx-0006Io-Ah for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 07:45:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AjHiK-0005Qf-6g for guile-user@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 07:44:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [213.84.26.127] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AjHhl-00055r-Pv; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 07:43:34 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain.byrd.xs4all.nl (byrd [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0LCj0s7003023; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:45:00 +0100 Original-To: Stephen Compall In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under Emacs 21.3.1 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:2676 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:2676 s11@member.fsf.org writes: > > This can presumably be done by writing a macro begin-let* that expands > > the statement list in a suitably nested let* > > > > However, I was wondering whether there exists a standard library > > syntax mechanism that lets me write code in this fashion. > > Viktor Pavlenko is correct in saying that this is just not what you do > in Scheme. As Stroustrup (I believe) said, you cannot simply take > idioms from one language and use them in another. I'm not a fan of Stroustrup or C++, but I need to get over some gripes that I have with Scheme. This macro can help, and if the Schemely way of doing things is correct, then I'll find out why other ways are wrong once I start using them. :) Thanks for the macro definition. > I suggest you document this macro before using it. will do. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | hanwen@xs4all.nl | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user