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+#lang honu
+
+/* Standard syntax-rules but as a macro-defining form */
+
+provide macro_rules;
+macro macro_rules(){
+  name:identifier (literal ...){ pattern ... }{ template ... }
+} {
+  syntax(macro name (literal ...){ pattern ... }{ syntax(template ...) })
+}