Re: C++ declaration style programming?

[Viktor Pavlenko]

> From: Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden>
> Date: 2004/01/21 Wed AM 09:26:12 EST

> > 
> > (let* ((a (something))
> >        (b (something-else a)))
> >   (display a)
> >   ..
> 
> Your 2nd is not always possible due to side effects [...]

let* is a binding construct by definition and it is an error to
bind the same identifier twice (r5rs). Using side effects to re-bind
a variable within the binding expression of let* sounds like cheating :)

Viktor