[plt-scheme] Dybvig's 'case' macro doesn't work?

Ken Williams wrote:
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> Good morning,
>
> I'm in the process of learning Scheme macros, and I've come across an
> issue that may indicate a bug or just ignorance on my part.  Here's an
> example implementation of the case form from Dybvig's "The Scheme
> Programming Language", section 8.3:

> ;; example start
>
> (define-syntax casex
>   (lambda (stx)
>     (syntax-case stx ()
>       [(_ e c1 c2 ...)
>        (with-syntax
>            ([body
>              (let loop ([c1 (syntax c1)]
>                           [cn (syntax (c2 ...))])

Ok - c1 and cn are pieces of syntax.
>  ...
>                    (with-syntax ([rest (loop (car cn) (cdr cn))])

Here you take car to a piece of syntax. Althoug the syntax represents
a list, it isn't a list itself. Just turn the syntax into a list of syntax
objects
using syntax->list:

                   (with-syntax ([rest (loop (car (syntax->list cn)) (cdr
(syntax->list cn)))])

Have you checked whether it works in PetiteChezScheme?

Hm. Strange the case - macro at

http://www.scheme.com/tspl2d/syntax.html#g2237

is different:

(define-syntax case
  (lambda (x)
    (syntax-case x ()
      ((_ e c1 c2 ...)
       (with-syntax ((body
           (let f ((c1 (syntax c1)) (cmore (syntax (c2 ...))))
             (if (null? cmore)
                 (syntax-case c1 (else)
                   ((else e1 e2 ...) (syntax (begin e1 e2 ...)))
                   (((k ...) e1 e2 ...)
                    (syntax (if (memv t '(k ...)) (begin e1 e2 ...)))))
                 (with-syntax ((rest (f (car cmore) (cdr cmore))))
                   (syntax-case c1 ()
                     (((k ...) e1 e2 ...)
                      (syntax (if (memv t '(k ...))
                                  (begin e1 e2 ...)
                                  rest)))))))))
         (syntax (let ((t e)) body)))))))


Happy new year,
--
Jens Axel Søgaard