Re: Appropriate case for a macro?

Brian Adkins wrote:
However, this seems like a pragmatic hack since a new variable is
introduced simply for conciseness. Would you consider this an
appropriate case for a macro in Common Lisp?

Perhaps used as follows:

(my-if (> a-long-expression value)
(progn
(foo lhs)
(bar lhs))
(baz lhs))

where a-long-expression has been replaced by lhs
It would be a rather simple macro, but if used that same pattern all
of the time, why not?

If the macro is always going to be invoked with a PROGN with two forms
and one form, you could make it accept three. You could also make it
so you can control what variable the value of a-long-expression is
bound to.
.

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