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Re: Recursive Macros generating Definitions
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Frank Terbeck |
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Re: Recursive Macros generating Definitions |
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Mon, 03 Oct 2022 22:29:28 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Hey!
Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> Le 03/10/2022 à 15:41, Frank Terbeck a écrit :
>> I get the point, but I think it's sort of surprising, when everything in
>> the macro-language is otherwise quite literal, to my understanding. It
>> may be warranted to point this out in the documentation that this is a
>> side effect of hygienic macros, I think.
>
> It *is* extensively documented.
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Hygiene-and-the-Top_002dLevel.html#Hygiene-and-the-Top_002dLevel
Thanks! I had to check when that was added. I would have guessed recent-
ly, but it wasn't. …so, I guess I don't have an excuse. :)
[…]
> I think it is worth taking a look not just at the Guile documentation but also
> at the Scheme standards, which are more verbose on the details of
> syntax->datum
> and such. See
>
> http://www.r6rs.org/final/html/r6rs-lib/r6rs-lib-Z-H-13.html
>
Indeed. That's a nice reference, thanks! I didn't realise there was such
a document about the library section of r6rs. Useful!
Regards, Frank