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Re: Fwd: [Patch] definitions in when, unless, do as well as in cond- and


From: tomas
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

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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