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2012-07-15 01:22:09
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WG1 - Core
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This makes Scheme `if` accept two or more arguments: see #382 for details and arguments pro. In brief, this form of `if` has fewer parentheses than `cond` in the common case where `cond` is functional and there is no need for implied `begin`, and requires less change to code using two- or three-argument `if` when further tests are added.
Arguments con: This is a major change for existing implementations that treat `if` as primitive (though this is not a required strategy, it is extremely common). In such implementations, this change can't be made by just adding a macro named `if`, as that will step on the primitive form; it needs to be a core-level change.
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383
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alexshinn
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major
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cowan
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wontfix
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closed
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Allow "if" to accept arbitrarily many if-then pairs
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2012-04-23 07:01:30
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defect
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Change at time 2012-07-15 01:22:09
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Considered by the editorial team to be hopeless and excluded from ballot. It's trivial to write your own `if` macro for this.
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