Re: [Chicken-users] miscmacros hygienic

[Kon Lovett]

On May 28, 2008, at 9:18 PM, Jim Ursetto wrote:

> On 5/28/08, Kon Lovett <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I use the "anaphoric" forms but not "in anger." Yeah, the above is
> > more Scheme-ish but I suggest leaving "it."
>
> OK, I changed it back in my copy.  The totally hygienic versions are
> still in there, just commented out.
>
> Anyway, hygienic if* is basically "cond =>" and
> hygienic repeat* is just dotimes in the opposite direction.
> So no need to clutter things up.

I wonder if forms similar to 'and-let' would be useful?

(let-while ([v1 f1] ... [vn fn]) BODY(v1 ... vn))

(let-while ([it (todo foo)]) (bar-ing it))

Best Wishes,
Kon