[racket] Problem with case

The fact that the first one works at all should probably be considered a
bug. The syntax of case here:

http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/case.html?q=case#(form._((lib._racket/private/more-scheme..rkt)._case))

dictates that the constants in a case clause be parenthesized.

The more important issue, however, is that the constants are implicitly
quoted by the case form. So, when you explicitly quote them, they're double
quoted. You're trying to match 'a against ''a.

-Jon


On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Kieron Hardy <kieron.hardy at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone explain why the first function below selects 'x1-case as
> expected but the second fails to select 'x2-case? Am I expecting something
> to happen that shouldn't?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kieron.
>
> ****
>
> #lang racket
>
> (case 'a
>    ['a 'x1-case]
>    ['b 'x1-case]
>    [(15 2 3) 'y1-case]
>    [(10 11 12) 'z1-case])
>
> (case 'a
>    [('a 'b) 'x2-case]
>    [(15 2 3) 'y2-case]
>    [(10 11 12) 'z2-case])
>
>
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