[plt-scheme] Null syntax / Conditional definition

On Saturday, June 18, 2005, at 05:39  AM, Chihiro Kuraya wrote:
> (1) Is it possible to define syntax or syntax-id
> which disappears when expanded ?

To answer your first question:

(define-syntax my-append
   (syntax-rules ()
     ((_ s1 (discard s2))
      (string-append s1 s2))
     ((_ s1 discard s2)
      (string-append s1 s2))))

(my-append "pqr" ABC "xyz")
(my-append "pqr" (ABC "xyz"))


> (2) Is it possible to switch syntax definition (or normal definition)
> depending on some flags?

For your example, here's what comes to mind (though there's probably a 
better way):

(define ABC
   (case (system-type)
     ((windows) 123)
     ((macosx) 567)
     (else #f)))

(define-syntax XYZ
   (case (system-type)
     ((windows)
      (lambda (x)
        (syntax-case x ()
          ((_ arg0 ...)
           #'(display "Win")))))
     ((macosx)
      (lambda (x)
        (syntax-case x ()
          ((_ arg0 ...)
           #'(display "Mac")))))
     (else
      (lambda (x)
        (syntax-case x ()
          ((_ arg0 ...)
           #'(display "???")))))))



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