From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2007-06-01T22:52:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Introducing the "it" keyword

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 10:45:33PM +0900, Jacob Burkhart wrote:
> The point of enabling something like with:a(v+1){ ... } in addition to
> with(v+1){ |a| ...} is simply a proposal in answer to the original
> proposition about 'it':
> return it if |v+1| < 10
> 
> something like:
> 
> return it if with:it(v+1) < 10
> 
> return a if with:a(v+1) < 10
> 
> return a,b if ( with:a(v+1) + with:b(x*y) ) < 10

But if you're going to label them anyway, then why not write

   return a,b if ((a = v+1) + (b = x*y)) < 10

?