[racket] there must be function right after parenthesis?

On Oct 26, 2010, at 1:11 AM, kty1104 at gmail.com wrote:

> there must be function right after parenthesis?
> hello~
> while I am learning GUI programming in DrRacket,
> I don't get how string literal can be placed right after parenthesis
> such as 
> (define frame (instantiate frame% ("Example")))

("Example") is attempting to evaluate the function "Example" with no arguments. You probably don't want the parens.

> (define msg (instantiate message% ("No events so far..." frame)))
> (instantiate button% ("Pause" frame (lambda (button event) (sleep 5))))
> (instantiate button% ("Ok" panel void))
> I was thought one of the scheme grammar is there must be a function right after parenthesis
> and I don't understand how such a code like
> ((func arg) arg2) works too.

That one will work if the result of (func arg) is a function.  Then that result function will be evaluated using arg2. Try this:

(define (func arg-to-multiply)
 (define (func-to-be-used-as-result arg) 
   (* arg-to-multiply arg))
 func-to-be-used-as-result ; result
 )

((func 3) 2)
((func 4) 2)

There are much more useful reasons to use this capability.

rac


> 
> could somebody please let me know how it works?
> thanks in advanced_________________________________________________
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