guile-examples/macros/control-flow/once.scm

(import
 (except (rnrs base) map)
 (only (guile)
       lambda* λ
       unless))


(define-syntax once!
  (λ (stx)
    (syntax-case stx ()
      [(once! exprs ... flag)
       (syntax
        (unless flag
          exprs ...
          (set! flag #t)))])))


(define already-happened #f)


(once! (simple-format (current-output-port) "~a\n" "This should only work once.")
       (simple-format (current-output-port) "~a\n" "With this second message.")
       already-happened)

(once! (simple-format (current-output-port) "~a\n" "This should only work once.")
       already-happened)