[plt-scheme] a simple macro (fwd)

Hi Michael,

[Please use Reply-To-All since you probably want to ask this to the list. 
I'm still a newcomer to PLT Scheme and am likely to give non-optimal 
answers.]

It's perfectly possible to write a function for use in both contexts, but 
from my best understanding, PLT's system requires you to put that function 
in a dedicated module in order to reuse it.

Once there, you can either say:

     (require "some-module.ss")

or:

     (require-for-syntax "some-module.ss")

to pull that function definition for the specific phase context you want. 
Take a closer look at that Composable and Compilable Macros paper: it goes 
through a nice example that talks about this in some detail.

By the way, here's another set of slides that are aimed as introductory 
Scheme macro material:

     http://www.cs.utah.edu/plt/slideshow/macro-slides/talk.pdf

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:09:58 -0800 (PST)
From: michael rice <nowgate at yahoo.com>
To: Danny Yoo <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] a simple macro

Do I have to have two function definitions, one
regular and one for syntax?

Michael

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