Re: [Scheme-reports] bodies in case and cond clauses

[John Cowan <cowan@x>]

Andy Wingo scripsit:
> Suggestion: make the clauses in `case' and `cond' forms (without =>,
> naturally) be BODY instances, to allow them to have definitions.  It is
> well defined AFAIK, and costs nothing.

Ticket filed.  I'm against this one, though, because of the bizarre
appearance of (cond ((pred1) (define ...) (e1)) ...).  Internal definitions
always come first everywhere else in Scheme except at the top level and
top-level BEGINs.

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