>> > OTOH at a first glance *I* don't expect a control structures such as
>> > `when' to return any useful value when the conditional clause fails.
>> > But maybe I've been doing too much Scheme these days. (no, surely not
>>
>> You're just suffering from one of the many places where Scheme is
>> too imperative. For once, Elisp is more functional in this case.
> one-armed `if' when the condition is false has unspecified value.
> that's not "too imperative", just "underspecified" (for some tastes).
> see info node: "(r5rs) Conditionals".
Since it's unspecified, you can't rely on its value, so you end up using
that form in an imperative style. I.e. "too" imperative.
Stefan
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