From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.esat.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc2.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: On conditionals References: <3215299538573186@naggum.net> <87adxgl4iu.fsf@asaka.latnet.lv> <3BFC0E0B.4C7DA5D4@nyc.rr.com> <9th7s5$3nn$1@news.gte.com> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3215374750296866@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:39:12 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1006385952 193.71.66.49 (Thu, 22 Nov 2001 00:39:12 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 00:39:12 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:20678 * Dorai Sitaram | Since "when" (and "unless") must return a value, why not return a | meaningful value? A return value of nil currently does not imply that | the "when" failed. If we returned the value of the _test_, then the | result is meaningful and usable. This implies that the current return value is not meaningful, a premise with which I simply disagree. Although it would be nice if when and unless were defined that way, I think it should be possible to return a value from these forms, just that it needs to be a judicious choice. /// -- Norway is now run by a priest from the fundamentalist Christian People's Party, the fifth largest party representing one eighth of the electorate. -- Carrying a Swiss Army pocket knife in Oslo, Norway, is a criminal offense.