Megatest

           (map (lambda (env-pair)
                  (let* ((env-var     (car env-pair))
                         (new-val     (cadr env-pair))
                         (current-val (get-environment-variable env-var))
                         (restore-thunk
                          (cond
                           ((not current-val) (lambda () (unsetenv env-var)))
                           ((not (string? new-val)) #f)
                           ((eq? current-val new-val) #f)
                           (else 
                            (lambda () (setenv env-var current-val))))))
                    ;;(when (not (string? new-val))
                    ;;    (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* " PROBLEM: not a string: "new-val"\n from env-alist:\n"delta-env-alist)
                    ;;    (pp delta-env-alist)
                    ;;    (exit 1))
                        
                    
                    (cond
                     ((not new-val)  ;; modify env here
                      (unsetenv env-var))
                     ((string? new-val)
                      (setenv env-var new-val)))
                    restore-thunk))
                delta-env-alist))))
    (let ((rv (thunk)))
      (for-each (lambda (x) (x)) restore-thunks) ;; restore env to original state
      rv)))