3 Syntactic Forms (original) (raw)

3 Syntactic Forms🔗

This section describes the core syntax forms that appear in a fully expanded expression, plus many closely related non-core forms. See Fully Expanded Programs for the core grammar.

3.1 Modules: module, module*, ...
3.2 Importing and Exporting: require and provide
3.2.1 Additional require Forms
3.2.2 Additional provide Forms
3.3 Literals: quote and #%datum
3.4 Expression Wrapper: #%expression
3.5 Variable References and #%top
3.6 Locations: #%variable-reference
3.7 Procedure Applications and #%app
3.8 Procedure Expressions: lambda and case-lambda
3.9 Local Binding: let, let*, letrec, ...
3.10 Local Definitions: local
3.11 Constructing Graphs: shared
3.12 Conditionals: if, cond, and, and or
3.13 Dispatch: case
3.13.1 Variants of case
3.14 Definitions: define, define-syntax, ...
3.14.1 require Macros
3.14.2 provide Macros
3.15 Sequencing: begin, begin0, and begin-for-syntax
3.16 Guarded Evaluation: when and unless
3.17 Assignment: set! and set!-values
3.18 Iterations and Comprehensions: for, for/list, ...
3.18.1 Iteration and Comprehension Forms
3.18.2 Deriving New Iteration Forms
3.18.3 Iteration Expansion
3.18.4 Do Loops
3.19 Continuation Marks: with-continuation-mark
3.20 Quasiquoting: quasiquote, unquote, and unquote-splicing
3.21 Syntax Quoting: quote-syntax
3.22 Interaction Wrapper: #%top-interaction
3.23 Blocks: block
3.24 Internal-Definition Limiting: #%stratified-body
3.25 Performance Hints: begin-encourage-inline
3.26 Importing Modules Lazily: lazy-require