hello, i wrote a little macro (file condx.scm) that allow : cond(itionals) with optional execution of statements before: (define-syntax condx (syntax-rules (exec) ((_) (error 'condx "No else clause")) ((_ (else e ...)) (let () e ...)) ((_ (exec s ...) d1 ...) (let () s ... (condx d1 ...))) ((_ (t e ...) tail ...) (if t (let () e ...) (condx tail ...))))) use it like that: mattei@macbook-pro-touch-bar library-FunctProg % guile GNU Guile 3.0.7 Copyright (C) 1995-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Guile comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `,show w'. This program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `,show c' for details. Enter `,help' for help. scheme@(guile-user)> (load "condx.scm") ;;; note: auto-compilation is enabled, set GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 ;;; or pass the --no-auto-compile argument to disable. ;;; compiling /Users/mattei/Dropbox/git/library-FunctProg/condx.scm ;;; compiled /Users/mattei/.cache/guile/ccache/3.0-LE-8-4.5/Users/mattei/Dropbox/git/library-FunctProg/condx.scm.go scheme@(guile-user)> (define x 1) (condx ((= x 7) 'never) (exec (define y 3) (set! x 7)) ((= y 1) 'definitely_not) (exec (set! y 10) (define z 2)) ((= x 7) (+ x y z)) (else 'you_should_not_be_here)) $1 = 19 i share it to have idea about critics or idea to improve it as it will be part of a Scheme extension to scheme language that will include other features.... have a good day Damien