Re: [Chicken-users] Syntax-case question

[felix winkelmann]

On 10/12/07, William Ramsay <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Now I'm confused.    I'm writing a program that uses Gtk and Imlib2.
> Imlib2 requires syntax-case, but when I add syntax-case I get errors
> with my define statements.   For instance, my program starts with:
>
>      (define win-group (gtk_window_group_new))
>      (define window (gtk_window_new GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL))
>      (gtk_window_group_add_window win-group window)
>
> This works fine until I add (requires-extension syntax-case) and then I
> get a compile error:
>
>     Error: invalid context for definition: (define win-group
> (gtk_window_group_new))
>
> What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it?
>

Are the defines embedded into an outer binding form, or do they
exist at toplevel? syntax-case is stricter about the placement
of define forms in binding forms.


cheers,
felix