[racket] Multiple return values

Zayr Okale wrote at 12/16/2011 06:52 AM:
> In the simplest cases in CL I can ignore extra values for free 
> (without extra wrappers or any other code clutter). In Racket I 
> cannot, and this is what prompted my question: why not do it the CL way?

An ignored value of a multiple-value return could be a bug, rather than 
the intention of the programmer.  How can the compiler tell the 
difference?  How can someone reading the code later.

I am glad that Racket considers an ignored multiple-value return value 
to be a bug.

A different question is whether an ignored single-value return value 
should be considered a bug.  Currently it is not, and a lot of code has 
been written assuming that it is not.

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