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Re: multiple return values


>Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes:
>
>> >(multi-let (((a b) (give-two)))
>> >  (display a) ; => 5
>> >  (display b) ; => 7
>> >  )
>> 
>> I think this is usually called a pattern-matching let.  Multiple
>> return values are not lists.
>
>Hmm...  I don't see why the above syntax necessarily should involve
>lists.  It's just a matter of deciding what it means.

His definition of give-two called `list', and Guile doesn't support
multiple return values nicely yet, so I wanted to address the issue.