You can use convert-syntax-error from syntax/macro-testing to convert
the syntax error to a runtime error, which can be caught by RackUnit:

http://docs.racket-lang.org/syntax/macro-testing.html#%28form._%28%28lib._syntax%2Fmacro-testing..rkt%29._convert-syntax-error%29%29

Alexis

> On Apr 25, 2017, at 23:18, Jinzhou Zhang <lotab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I am writing a simple macro `if-let` that tried to bind the condition to a 
> variable.
> 
> ```
> (define-simple-macro (if-let (~describe "binding pairs" [binding:expr 
> value:expr])
>                             (~describe "\"then\" clause" then:expr)
>                             (~describe "\"else\" clause" else:expr))
>  (let ([val value])
>    (if val (match-let ([binding val]) then) else)))
> ```
> 
> I finished the macro and start to write unit tests for it. Then I realized 
> that
> the "binding" should not working in "else" statement. That means:
> 
> ```
> (if-let [it #f]
>  'true
>  it   ; <- should report "unbound identifier".
> )
> ```
> 
> However when I tried the following code:
> 
> ```
> (check-exn exn:fail?
>           (lambda ()
>             (if-let [it #f]
>                     (fail "if-let: wrong-branch")
>                     it)))
> 
> ```
> 
> It gives error:
> 
> ```
> it: unbound identifier in module
> ```
> 
> So the question is how to catch the "unbound identifier" exception for unit 
> test?
> 
> Thanks!

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