From: Olivier Dion <olivier.dion@polymtl.ca>
To: Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr>
Cc: Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de>,
Guile User <guile-user@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Understanding `symbol??` macro from okmij.org
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:39:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87plvwwyw3.fsf@laura> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52B19FA3-244D-4734-80C7-E074F091DC4D@abou-samra.fr>
On Thu, 14 Mar 2024, Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
>> Excuse my ignorance, by why is symbol?? not written using syntax-cases
>> and the `indentifier?' guard?
>
> a) Because it's intellectually interesting to see what the power of syntax-rules is :)
> b) Not all Scheme standards and implementations contain syntax-case.
Ah, and I though that syntax-rules was always written in term of
syntax-case. I see. Thank you!
--
Olivier Dion
oldiob.ca
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-14 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-14 0:18 Understanding `symbol??` macro from okmij.org Zelphir Kaltstahl
2024-03-14 1:01 ` Jean Abou Samra
2024-03-14 1:03 ` Maxime Devos
2024-03-14 13:46 ` Zelphir Kaltstahl
2024-03-14 14:52 ` Olivier Dion
2024-03-14 15:57 ` Jean Abou Samra
2024-03-14 16:39 ` Olivier Dion [this message]
2024-03-14 18:01 ` Jean Abou Samra
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