[racket] `'unquote -- error or not?

Of course you're right. But my original question was simply whether or 
not the expression `'unquote should produce an error.

Cheers,
Bas


Op 8-7-2011 5:52, Richard Cleis schreef:
> I don't get it.  The quotes are conveniences.  If they are not convenient, why can't you merely list what you want?
>
> (list '... ''unquote '...)
>
> rac
>
> On Jul 7, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Bas Steunebrink wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the fast answers!
>> Actually I wanted to get 'unquote inside of a quasiquote; I'm now using:
>> `(... ,''unquote ...)
>> It ain't pretty but it appears to do the job! :-)
>>
>> Bas
>>
>>
>> On 7/7/11 16:20 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
>>> FWIW, I'm right in line with this rationale.
>>>
>>> Robby
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Matthias Felleisen<matthias at ccs.neu.edu>   wrote:
>>>> On Jul 7, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Bas Steunebrink wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ciao a tutti,
>>>>>
>>>>> When I type `'unquote in DrRacket, an error is thrown:
>>>>>
>>>>>> `'unquote
>>>>> (X) unquote: expects exactly one expression in: (unquote)
>>>>>
>>>>> I understand why this error occurs from the way quasiquote is expanded; see e.g. http://community.schemewiki.org/?scheme-faq-language#qqmacro (I guess DrRacket works similarly). Still, I feel the result should be just 'unquote. What do you think?
>>>> No, your use of backquote explicitly calls for a search for unquote.
>>>>
>>>> If you want the symbol unquote inside of an unquote, you first need to unquote:
>>>>
>>>>> `,'unquote
>>>> unquote
>>>>
>>>> (as in comma = unquote).
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