On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 3:58 PM Linus Björnstam <linus.bjorns...@veryfast.biz> wrote: > > Guile1.8's macros are run-time macros: they are executed directly and not > transformed to output code that is then compiled. That is the reason why your > code works: to newer guiles the (inner ...) is only available at expansion > time. The macro output is trying to call code that does not exist at runtime! > > For this to be working code the (inner ...) function needs to be available in > the macro expansion. I didn't read through exactly what you are trying to do, > but try outputting a let: > > `(let ((inner (lambda (n v) (set ! ...)))) > (inner ,name ,value)) > > I doubt you can make the old code work in newer guiles, since I doubt any > scheme is a s lax about expansion time and macro time separation.
Thanks for the explanation. This makes sense. Is it possible to attach doc strings to (define-syntax .. ) declarations, and if so, where do they go? -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - hanw...@gmail.com - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
