Sebastian Egner <xxxxxx@philips.com> wrote at 2005-05-17T10:51:31+0200:
> And if you really need the rest-list thing (the day will come),
> the meaning will at least be obvious.

How about a keyword named "rest", with parens around the keyword and
variable identifier?  The parens emphasize to human readers that the
"rest" name is in a keyword position and therefore should not be
mistaken for a variable identifier?

    (let ( (a b c d      (values 1 2 3 4)) ) c)  ;=> 3
    (let ( (a b (rest x) (values 1 2 3 4)) ) x)  ;=> (3 4)
    (let ( ((rest x)     (values 1 2 3 4)) ) x)  ;=> (1 2 3 4)

    (let ( (a b (rest x)    (values 1 2 3 4)) ) x)     ;=> (3 4)
    (let ( (a b (rest rest) (values 1 2 3 4)) ) rest)  ;=> (3 4)

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