[racket] puzzled by what (send key-event get-key-code) returns

When you press a key, say A, and then release it, there are two
key-events that are registered. The first has "get-key-code" as #\A.
The second has "get-key-code" 'release and #\A is returned by
get-release-key-code.

Jay

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Tom Dean <tld at google.com> wrote:
> If I create an instance of  canvas% or editor-canvas% like
>
> (define THE-CANVAS (new (class editor-canvas%
>                                (super-new)
>                                ;; Key handler for key-stroke input:
>                                (define/override (on-char key-event)
>                                  (let ([event (send key-event
> get-key-code)])
>                                    (printf "EQ? ~s~n" (eq? event #\[)))))))
>
> and then hit the [  key it's as though the event is a pair consisting of a
> char #\[ and the symbol 'release:
>
> EQ? #t
> EQ? #f
>
> bur event isn't a pair?, list? or any other type as far as I can tell. And
> it doesn't appear that get-key-code is returning multiple values, at least
> in the sense of being something I can capture with let-values or set-values.
> Any clues how I might capture just the key code and not the release symbol?
>
>
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