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multiple return values


>(multi-let (((a b) (give-two)))
>  (display a) ; => 5
>  (display b) ; => 7
>  )

I think this is usually called a pattern-matching let.  Multiple
return values are not lists.

I think the draft R5RS has multiple return values, specified in a
different way from what you propose.  Guile doesn't implement that.

No good solutions jump to mind.  Returning a list will certainly work,
but once Guile does have multiple return values, it will be really
graceless to have a mix of functions that return lists, and functions
that return multiple values.