Re: [Chicken-users] macro aliases

[Zbigniew]

It is documented in the Info manual for version 2.207 in section
5.4.4.  Has it been taken out?  I am perfectly content to use
(define-macro (alias . args) `(original ,@args)) instead of
(define-macro alias original) if it is more acceptable.

On 1/1/06, felix winkelmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 12/28/05, Zbigniew <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Previously (and as per the manual) I could define a macro alias with
> > (define-macro new-name old-name)
> >
> > This doesn't work any more---now, old-name is evaluated as a variable.
> >  Has this been changed?
> >
>
> It should work now - but note that it isn't documented (i.e. an "internal"
> extension, because it would be unnecessary hassle to try to support it
> also on other macro systems).
>
>
> cheers,
> felix
>