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From: Carl Eastlund (cce at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 8 21:24:41 EDT 2010		 
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Eric Tanter <etanter at dcc.uchile.cl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that (syntax ....) renders as #'.... inside a schemeblock.
>
> why is it so?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Éric

#'EXPRESSION is shorthand for (syntax EXPRESSION) just like
'EXPRESSION is shorthand for (quote EXPRESSION).  They have the same
data representation, so any tool that renders them simply has to
choose one.  Many tools prefer to render the shorthand.

--Carl
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