[racket-dev] When is it safe to not rename a runtime value in a macro?

On Aug 25, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Ryan Culpepper wrote:

> In other words, a macro's subexpressions should be used linearly (as in "linear types"). Putting an expression in the macro's result in an expression context counts as a use. (But putting it in the result in a quoted context doesn't.) Calling 'local-expand' or 'syntax-local-expand-expression' on it also counts as a use, but it gives back another linearly-restricted expression. (The same applies to definitions; I should really say all "forms" should be used linearly.)

Are you going to write up a tool and/or a macro-linear-type system that checks such things? ICFP is waiting -- Matthias

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