[plt-scheme] Where is macroexpand in PLT Scheme?

At Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:00:32 -0800 (PST), Bill Clementson wrote:
> The expansion seems to do an "expand" rather than an
> "expand-to-top-level". I've found that
> "expand-to-top-level" is more useful to me in
> understanding what the macro is doing, why did you
> choose to use "expand" instead? What type of
> information is shown in "expand" that you feel would
> be useful in understanding a macro expansion? (I just
> want to understand the rationale as I played around
> with both and I couldn't understand the value of the
> output produced by "expand". I saw that it might be
> useful for the DrScheme tool implementer, but I
> couldn't see it's value for the "normal" macro writer.
> For the normal macro writer, I would have thought that
> "expand-to-top-level" was more useful)

Probably because I've never heard of expand-to-top-level. :)

Technically, it uses expand-syntax-top-level-with-compile-time-evals.
Details on it are in Help Desk.

> Also, the "General Info" on the right-hand side of the
> expansion always seems to have a colorer.ss structure
> as the source. What is the significance of this? 

Try clicking around in the expansion. That info changes based on the
syntax object you're looking out.

Robby