Re: [Chicken-users] Recursive define-macro

[felix winkelmann]

On 3/7/07, Joshua Griffith <address@hidden> wrote:
> I get an unbound variable error when I execute the following:
> (define-macro (test alist) (if (> 0 (length alist)) (test (cdr alist))))
>
> Are recursive define-macro definitions possible?

The code inside a macro is executed at macro-expansion time,
and should probably not refer to itself for expansion. A macro
can be recursive by *expanding* into code that refers to the macro
(but that might end in endless recursion).


cheers,
felix