[racket] `def' ?

+1 on formalizing "def" as an official alias in Racket.  Once, I recall δ
used to work and I rather liked it, however 'def' as official is a winner.

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Greg Hendershott <
greghendershott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Should `def' be added as an alias for `define'?
>
> Possible reasons why:
> 1. Most frequently used.
> http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev/archive/2012-May/009429.html
> 2. Name shortening seems to be a current theme.
> 3. The new style guide prefers `define' over `let'.
>
> Re 3 I like the less-indented benefit of `define' instead of `let'.
> OTOH it's more verbose.
>
> Speaking of which, it also might be handy to `define' multiple
> identifiers in one shot, as `let' can do. (Although perhaps the syntax
> would need to be ugly due to how `define' is used also to define
> functions. I haven't even tried to think that through; sorry.)
>
>
> Possible reasons why not:
> 1. It smells too much like Clojure? (Although I suppose you could
> argue `define' smells like classic Scheme.)
> 2. ?
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