tool: syntax-case

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Language:	Scheme
Version:	2.1
Parts:	macro system, documentation
Author:	R. Kent Dybvig <dyb@cs.indiana.edu>
Location:	ftp://cs.indiana.edu/pub/scheme/syntax-case.tar.Z macintosh: ftp://maya.dei.unipd.it/pub/mac/gambit/
Description:	We have designed and implemented a macro system that is vastly superior to the low-level system described in the Revised^4 Report; in fact, it essentially eliminates the low level altogether. We also believe it to be superior to the other proposed low-level systems as well, but each of you can judge that for yourself. We have accomplished this by "lowering the level" of the high-level system slightly, making pattern variables ordinary identifiers with essentially the same status as lexical variable names and macro keywords, and by making "syntax" recognize and handle references to pattern variables.
Reference:	Robert Hieb, R. Kent Dybvig, and Carl Bruggeman "Syntactic Abstraction in Scheme", IUCS TR #355, 6/92 (revised 7/3/92) R. Kent Dybvig, "Writing Hygienic Macros in Scheme with Syntax-Case", IUCS TR #356, 6/92 (revised 7/3/92).
Ports:	Chez Scheme, Mac port runs under MacGambit 2.0
Updated:	July 6th, 1992

language: Scheme

category: educational summary, or expanded.

category: lisp family summary, or expanded.