From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Olivier Dion Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Understanding `symbol??` macro from okmij.org Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:39:56 -0400 Message-ID: <87plvwwyw3.fsf@laura> References: <87sf0sx3up.fsf@laura> <52B19FA3-244D-4734-80C7-E074F091DC4D@abou-samra.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20852"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Zelphir Kaltstahl , Guile User To: Jean Abou Samra Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 14 17:40:45 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rko8L-0005C3-0j for guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:40:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rko7q-0000sJ-OR; Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:40:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rko7o-0000rs-NR for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:40:12 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.polymtl.ca ([132.207.4.11]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rko7i-0000Jc-OA for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:40:12 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([209.209.33.179]) by smtp.polymtl.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 42EGduBd003068; Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:40:00 -0400 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.polymtl.ca 42EGduBd003068 In-Reply-To: <52B19FA3-244D-4734-80C7-E074F091DC4D@abou-samra.fr> X-Poly-FromMTA: ([209.209.33.179]) at Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:39:56 +0000 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.207.4.11; envelope-from=olivier.dion@polymtl.ca; helo=smtp.polymtl.ca X-Spam_score_int: -41 X-Spam_score: -4.2 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.lisp.guile.user:19465 Archived-At: On Thu, 14 Mar 2024, Jean Abou Samra 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