I know it's not real code but I honestly find the second example way easier to read. It's indeed very common to use a 'let' like that and I don't see what's wr

I know it's not real code but I honestly find the second example way easier to read. It's indeed very common to use a 'let' like that and I don't see what's wrong with a "two spaces" indent (between your 'let' and the next 'if'). If you're talking about the indent after the 'let*' then, if anything, I think it makes the scope just so much more obvious. So YMMV.