Re: [Chicken-users] Syntax of case expressions

[Peter Bex]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 08:04:23PM -0700, Matt Gushee wrote:
> Wait a minute, though. I understand now why
> 
>    (('a) ...)
> 
> didn't match, but how is it that
> 
>    ('a ...)
> 
> isn't a syntax error? Is it because 'a expands to (quote a), and is thus 
> treated by case as a list of the symbols quote and a? And if so, is that 
> correct behavior? After all,

(case 'quote
  ('a "yes")
  (else "nope")) => "yes"

Expanded:

(case 'quote
  ((quote a) "yes")
  (else "nope")) => "yes"

(Case already quotes for you).

Cheers,
Peter
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