there's a syntax called 'alias' that works similarly to my example That's an unfortunate wart on the language (an inconsistency) and not related to your exampl

there's a syntax called 'alias' that works similarly to my example That's an unfortunate wart on the language (an inconsistency) and not related to your example at all. I'm essentially asking for macros commonly found in the Lisp family of languages. Can you come up with a real-world use case for that?