Scheme 48 Manual -- Macros

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## Macros

Hygienic macros, as described in [2][3], are implemented. Structures may export macros; auxiliary names introduced into the expansion are resolved in the environment of the macro's definition.

For example, the `scheme` structure's `delay` macro is defined by the rewrite rule

>     (delay exp)  --->  (make-promise (lambda () exp)).

The variable `make-promise` is defined in the `scheme` structure's underlying package, but is not exported. A use of the `delay` macro, however, always accesses the correct definition of `make-promise`. Similarly, the `case` macro expands into uses of `cond`, `eqv?`, and so on. These names are exported by `scheme`, but their correct bindings will be found even if they are shadowed by definitions in the client package.

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