But it would be good if the obvious way to do something didn't have certain magic conditions in which reasonable expectations aren't met (e.g. a variable is eva

But it would be good if the obvious way to do something didn't have certain magic conditions in which reasonable expectations aren't met (e.g. a variable is evaluated to its value, regardless of its name, or rather don't just change the language semantics in some places; yes I know it's fixed, still a good example), thereby minimizing those pitfalls.