bedrock.prelude.letstar

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 *
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Require Import stdpp.base.
Require Import bedrock.prelude.reserved_notation.

Syntax for straight-line CPS function calls

let* x, y, z := t in f is short for t $ fun x y z => f. This corresponds to the bind operator of the CPS monad.
It is best used for code that calls CPS functions which do not mess with the control flow.
For example, instead of writing
force_app list1 list2 $ fun result => ..
we can instead write let* result := force_app list1 list2 in ...
This will also avoid a right-ward drift in function code multiple CPS functions.
The notation supports arbitrary numbers of binders, patterns, as well as type annotations in parentheses: let* (a : unit), '(existT _ _ _), b := ... in ...
Notation "'let*' x , .. , z := t 'in' f" :=
  (t (fun x => .. (fun z => f) ..)) (only parsing) : stdpp_scope.
Notation "'let*' := t 'in' f" := (t f) (only parsing) : stdpp_scope.