From: Olivier Dion <olivier.dion@polymtl.ca>
To: Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de>,
Guile User <guile-user@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Understanding `symbol??` macro from okmij.org
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:52:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sf0sx3up.fsf@laura> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9142ff20-0722-4fb7-b35a-7434e68d1777@posteo.de>
Excuse my ignorance, by why is symbol?? not written using syntax-cases
and the `indentifier?' guard?
On Thu, 14 Mar 2024, Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de> wrote:
> Hello Guile Users!
>
> I am having trouble understanding how the `symbol??` macro from
> https://okmij.org/ftp/Scheme/assert-syntax-rule.txt works.
>
> Here is what I have so far:
>
> ~~~~start~~~~
> ;; (symbol?? FORM KT KF)
> ;; FORM is an arbitrary form or datum.
> ;; A symbol? predicate at the macro-expand time.
> ;; Expands in KT if FORM is a symbol (identifier), Otherwise, expands in KF.
> ;; KT: Continuation/Case in case of true.
> ;; KF: Continuation/Case in case of false.
> (define-syntax symbol??
> (syntax-rules ()
> ;; The check is done by first pattern matching against some other
> ;; forms, that are not a symbol.
> ((symbol?? (x . y) kt kf) kf) ; It's a pair, not a symbol
> ((symbol?? #(x ...) kt kf) kf) ; It's a vector, not a symbol
> ;; After those things are excluded, the thing might be a symbol.
> ((symbol?? maybe-symbol kt kf)
> (let-syntax ((test
> (syntax-rules ()
> ((test maybe-symbol t f) t)
> ((test x t f) f))))
> (test abracadabra kt kf)))))
> ~~~~~end~~~~~
>
> So I don't understand why `test` works or how it works to check, whether
> `maybe-symbol` is a symbol or not. And I don't understand how `abracadabra`
> helps with that, or why it helps, to pass something undefined.
>
> Can someone help me understand, what is going on there?
>
> Actually I am trying to understand the whole page, and I got there while looking
> for a good `assert` macro ... rabbit hole and all that.
>
> Best regards,
> Zelphir
>
> --
> repositories:https://notabug.org/ZelphirKaltstahl
--
Olivier Dion
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-14 14:52 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 [this message]
2024-03-14 15:57 ` Jean Abou Samra
2024-03-14 16:39 ` Olivier Dion
2024-03-14 18:01 ` Jean Abou Samra
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