On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 11:27 PM, Matthew Butterick <m...@mbtype.com> wrote:
>
> While `syntax-local-introduce` now makes more sense to me, I still find it 
> weird. Because is `syntax-local-introduce` hygienic? Well it doesn't seem 
> UN-hygienic, inasmuch as it's not creating identifiers at the calling site. 
> But by pruning the last scope, `syntax-local-introduce` is making an 
> identifier appear as if it belongs to strange penumbral area of the 
> macro-definition site that isn't otherwise accessible. Semihygienic?

No, `syntax-local-introduce` is not hygenic. It's basically "pretend
that this identifier was in the input", which is fundamentally
unhygenic.

Sam

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