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Making the new let easier to stomach

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Subject: Making the new let easier to stomach
From: sperber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor])
Date: 10 Feb 1999 15:15:21 +0100
Cc: Andy Gaynor <silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi Andy,

Many thanks for creating SRFI 5.  Two comments:

- You're essentially arguing for replacing R5RS let with the one you
  propose.  This is totally valid.

  As it SRFI, your proposal is still only a suggestion for an addition
  to the language.  Why not rename it to something other than let?
  This would also make it easier to use for people dealing with legacy
  code.

- Is there a way to define the construct using standard R5RS macros
  rather than explicit renaming (which is only supported by one or two
  Scheme systems)?

-- 
Cheers =8-} Mike
Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla

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