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From: Matt Wette <matt.wette@gmail.com>
To: Matt Wette <matt.wette@gmail.com>
Cc: Guile User <guile-user@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Anaphoric macros like when-let
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 12:54:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FFD033C-26F5-417A-AEE2-9D0A434AE484@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <12D2B2C2-41A5-4F66-98DB-7F7A5AF0C819@gmail.com>


> On Aug 26, 2017, at 12:50 PM, Matt Wette <matt.wette@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Aug 26, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Is there a Scheme or Guile equivalent to Emacs Lisp's `when-let' ?
>> 
>> Basically, I'm looking for a shorthand to express this:
>> 
>> (let ((x (foo))
>> (when x
>>   (bar x))))
>> 
>> as this:
>> 
>> (when-let (x (foo))
>> (bar x))
>> 
> 
> (use-modules (srfi srfi-2))
> 
> (and-let* ((x foo))
>  (bar x))

(and-let* ((x (foo)))
  (bar x))




  reply	other threads:[~2017-08-26 19:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-26 19:47 Anaphoric macros like when-let Arun Isaac
2017-08-26 19:50 ` Matt Wette
2017-08-26 19:54   ` Matt Wette [this message]
2017-08-27 12:28   ` Arun Isaac
2017-08-26 22:40 ` Kyle Siehl
2017-08-27 20:24 ` Mark H Weaver
2017-08-28  9:41   ` Arun Isaac

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