Re: if-let and when-let: parallel or sequential

[Richard Stallman]

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    > if-let and when-let don t make much sense with more than one binding
    > form.

    Why do you think so?  If they only work for a single binding, the
    benefit is really minor.  It's only when you use several bindings that
    the benefit becomes more significant (the alternative being either
    a very deeply nested code, or separating the var's declarations from
    their initialization).

With several sequential bindings, the alternative is

 (let* ...bindings...
   (if ...))

Thus, if-let saves just one level of nesting
even if there are several bindings.

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