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Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?


From: Rusi
Subject: Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 07:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
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On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 7:31:44 PM UTC+5:30, Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article 
>  Emanuel Berg  wrote:
> 
> > Actually I see no harm using let* all the time.
> 
> This is a frequent subject of style arguments.
> 
> As far as the computer is concerned, there should be no problem with 
> using let* all the time. But to human readers, it makes a difference. 
> Some of us view the * as being a red flag, warning the reader that 
> something unusual is being done. We'll then expend more mental energy 
> looking for the dependencies. let is the "normal" method, let* is 
> "special".

Ive sometimes wished for a let-variant that does the duty of both let and let*
eg.
(let (((x 1) (y 2))
      ((z (foo x y))))
  body...)


This kind of let would cost one paren more than the usual let.
But could make dependencies explicit without overspecifying
       


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