[plt-scheme] "compile time" action of macros

On Mar 19, Chris Wright wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I can achieve the desired effect (doing a calculation before run-time) with:
> 
> (define-macro (bloop x)
>  (let ((y (add1 x)))
>    `(list ,y)))
> 
> is there a way to do with with syntax-case? (I should, of course, ask
> "How do I do that with syntax case... :)

  (define-syntax (foo stx)
    (syntax-case stx ()
      [(_ x)
       (number? (syntax-e #'x))
       (with-syntax ([y (add1 (syntax-e #'x))])
         #'(list y))]))

(Note that syntax-e is converting a piece of syntax to a number, so
this macro must be used with a syntactic number.)

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