Re: C++ declaration style programming?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> > This can presumably be done by writing a macro begin-let* that expands
> > the statement list in a suitably nested let*
> > 
> > However, I was wondering whether there exists a standard library
> > syntax mechanism that lets me write code in this fashion.
> 
> Viktor Pavlenko is correct in saying that this is just not what you do
> in Scheme.  As Stroustrup (I believe) said, you cannot simply take
> idioms from one language and use them in another.

I'm not a fan of Stroustrup or C++, but I need to get over some gripes
that I have with Scheme. This macro can help, and if the Schemely way
of doing things is correct, then I'll find out why other ways are
wrong once I start using them. :)

Thanks for the macro definition.

> I suggest you document this macro before using it.

will do. 

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