I submitted a patch that expanded definition context to more places (cond, case, when, unless etc). I dont know what happened to that. I submitted it while moving and promptly forgot about it after some discussion.
-- Linus Björnstam On Wed, 22 May 2024, at 21:26, Damien Mattei wrote: > scheme@(guile-user)> (cond (#t (define x 7) x)) > While compiling expression: > Syntax error: > unknown file:7:10: definition in expression context, where definitions are > not allowed, in form (define x 7) > > but it is allowed in else clause: > scheme@(guile-user)> (cond (else (define x 7) x)) > $4 = 7 > > not really logic > > it is allowed in Kawa and Racket but they are not scheme references > the R5RS and R7RS talk about 'clause' without more information > > is it normal for Guile to consider clause for cond to be an expression > context and not a definition context? > > should not be better to consider definition context? that would allow more > possibilities.
