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Panicz Maciej Godek · 5w

I've been a keen user of the "and-let* macro defined in the SRFI-2. I've even authored its sequel, SRFI-202. But I never really liked the name. I mean, it does reveal that conceptually it's an amalga...

Kartik Agaram @Kartik Agaram 1779809008

@nprofile1q... Doesn't quite capture the conditional nature. Maybe when-given?

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Panicz Maciej Godek · 5w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqs5arew84aktld949hmunlrnvt0cs7d5zvrkvv9wg0mfnnmh46lnqsmfr3t I think that (given (((isnt x null?))) something-something) naturally corresponds to "given that x isn't null" in English, and (given ((x 5)) blah) could be read as "given x to be ...