[plt-scheme] Re: Using PLT Scheme libs elsewhere?

On May 20, 2007, at 4:34 PM, SpinyNorman wrote:

> Is the (UNLESS ...) vs. (IF (NOT...)) issue purely stylistic, or for
> enhancing clarity for the poor schmo who has to read my code a month
> from now, or would you expect a speed difference?

One-armed if is a great way to do really stupid things.  This is  
because many scheme forms contain a "body ...", and it's easy to make  
this assumption for if as well.

Not that I would ever do something this startlingly stupid, but:

Week 1:  I write this code:

(if (file-is-larger-than-3-gig)
   (delete-file file-name))

Week 2: let's add some logging:

(if (file-is-larger-than-3-gig)
   (printf "name of file is: ~v\n" file-name)
   (delete-file file-name))

Oh... I just deleted every file smaller than 3 gig.

Oh dear.

Note that "unless" makes it easy to avoid this problem.

John Clements
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