Re: Recursive Macros generating Definitions

[Frank Terbeck <ft@bewatermyfriend.org>]

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