[plt-scheme] apply syntactically bound (was RE: [plt-bug] all/10959: namespace-variable-valuecannot find 'apply' in base-namespace)

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Jos Koot <jos.koot at telefonica.net> wrote:
> Strange:
>
>
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> #lang racket ; version 5.0.0.1
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> (define x '(1 2 3))
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> (apply apply list (list x)) ; -> (1 2 3)
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>
>
> where apply seems to accept the syntactically bound keyword apply, although
> the docs say that apply should have the value of a procedure. This confuses
> me.
>
> Thanks, Jos

Jos, apply is a procedure, not a macro, so there is no problem with
passing it to itself.

--Carl