racket/collects/scribblings/reference/stx-patterns.scrbl
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#lang scribble/doc
@(require "mz.ss")
@(define ellipses (scheme ...))
@title[#:tag "stx-patterns"]{Pattern-Based Syntax Matching}
@defform/subs[(syntax-case stx-expr (literal-id ...)
clause ...)
([clause [pattern result-expr]
[pattern fender-expr result-expr]]
[pattern _
id
(pattern ...)
(pattern ...+ . pattern)
(pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ...)
(pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ... . pattern)
(code:line #,(tt "#")(pattern ...))
(code:line #,(tt "#")(pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ...))
(code:line #,(tt "#s")(key-datum pattern ...))
(code:line #,(tt "#s")(key-datum pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ...))
(ellipses stat-pattern)
const]
[stat-pattern id
(stat-pattern ...)
(stat-pattern ...+ . stat-pattern)
(code:line #,(tt "#")(stat-pattern ...))
const]
[ellipses #,ellipses])]{
Finds the first @scheme[pattern] that matches the syntax object
produced by @scheme[stx-expr], and for which the corresponding
@scheme[fender-expr] (if any) produces a true value; the result is from
the corresponding @scheme[result-expr], which is in tail position for
the @scheme[syntax-case] form. If no @scheme[clause] matches, then the
@exnraise[exn:fail:syntax].
A syntax object matches a @scheme[pattern] as follows:
@specsubform[_]{
A @scheme[_] pattern (i.e., an identifier with the same binding as
@scheme[_]) matches any syntax object.}
@specsubform[id]{
An @scheme[id] matches any syntax object when it is not bound to
@scheme[...] or @scheme[_] and does not have the same binding as
any @scheme[literal-id]. The @scheme[id] is further bound as
@deftech{pattern variable} for the corresponding @scheme[fender-expr]
(if any) and @scheme[result-expr]. A pattern-variable binding is a
transformer binding; the pattern variable can be reference only
through forms like @scheme[syntax]. The binding's value is the syntax
object that matched the pattern with a @deftech{depth marker} of
@math{0}.
An @scheme[id] that has the same binding as a @scheme[literal-id]
matches a syntax object that is an identifier with the same binding
in the sense of @scheme[free-identifier=?]. The match does not
introduce any @tech{pattern variables}.}
@specsubform[(pattern ...)]{
A @scheme[(pattern ...)] pattern matches a syntax object whose datum
form (i.e., without lexical information) is a list with as many
elements as sub-@scheme[pattern]s in the pattern, and where each
syntax object that corresponding to an element of the list matches
the corresponding sub-@scheme[pattern].
Any @tech{pattern variables} bound by the sub-@scheme[pattern]s are
bound by the complete pattern; the bindings must all be distinct.}
@specsubform[(pattern ...+ . pattern)]{
The last @scheme[pattern] must not be a @scheme/form[(pattern ...)],
@scheme/form[(pattern ...+ . pattern)], @scheme/form[(pattern ... pattern
ellipses pattern ...)], or @scheme/form[(pattern ... pattern ellipses
pattern ... . pattern)] form.
Like the previous kind of pattern, but matches syntax objects that
are not necessarily lists; for @math{n} sub-@scheme[pattern]s before
the last sub-@scheme[pattern], the syntax object's datum must be a
pair such that @math{n-1} @scheme[cdr]s produce pairs. The last
sub-@scheme[pattern] is matched against the syntax object
corresponding to the @math{n}th @scheme[cdr] (or the
@scheme[datum->syntax] coercion of the datum using the nearest
enclosing syntax object's lexical context and source location).}
@specsubform[(pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ...)]{
Like the @scheme[(pattern ...)] kind of pattern, but matching a
syntax object with any number (zero or more) elements that match the
sub-@scheme[pattern] followed by @scheme[ellipses] in the
corresponding position relative to other sub-@scheme[pattern]s.
For each pattern variable bound by the sub-@scheme[pattern] followed
by @scheme[ellipses], the larger pattern binds the same pattern
variable to a list of values, one for each element of the syntax
object matched to the sub-@scheme[pattern], with an incremented
@tech{depth marker}. (The sub-@scheme[pattern] itself may contain
@scheme[ellipses], leading to a pattern variables bound to lists of
lists of syntax objects with a @tech{depth marker} of @math{2}, and
so on.)}
@specsubform[(pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ... . pattern)]{
Like the previous kind of pattern, but with a final
sub-@scheme[pattern] as for @scheme[(pattern ...+ . pattern)]. The
final @scheme[pattern] never matches a syntax object whose datum is a
pair.}
@specsubform[(code:line #,(tt "#")(pattern ...))]{
Like a @scheme[(pattern ...)] pattern, but matching a vector syntax object
whose elements match the corresponding sub-@scheme[pattern]s.}
@specsubform[(code:line #,(tt "#")(pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ...))]{
Like a @scheme[(pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ...)] pattern,
but matching a vector syntax object whose elements match the
corresponding sub-@scheme[pattern]s.}
@specsubform[(code:line #,(tt "#s")(key-datum pattern ...))]{
Like a @scheme[(pattern ...)] pattern, but matching a @tech{prefab}
structure syntax object whose fields match the corresponding
sub-@scheme[pattern]s. The @scheme[key-datum] must correspond to a
valid first argument to @scheme[make-prefab-struct].}
@specsubform[(code:line #,(tt "#s")(key-datum pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ...))]{
Like a @scheme[(pattern ... pattern ellipses pattern ...)] pattern,
but matching a @tech{prefab} structure syntax object whose elements
match the corresponding sub-@scheme[pattern]s.}
@specsubform[(ellipses stat-pattern)]{
Matches the same as @scheme[stat-pattern], which is like a @scheme[pattern],
but identifiers with the binding @scheme[...] are treated the same as
other @scheme[id]s.}
@specsubform[const]{
A @scheme[const] is any datum that does not match one of the
preceeding forms; a syntax object matches a @scheme[const] pattern
when its datum is @scheme[equal?] to the @scheme[quote]d
@scheme[const].}
}
@defform[(syntax-case* stx-expr (literal-id ...) id-compare-expr
clause ...)]{
Like @scheme[syntax-case], but @scheme[id-compare-expr] must produce a
procedure that accepts two arguments. A @scheme[literal-id] in a
@scheme[_pattern] matches an identifier for which the procedure
returns true when given the identifier to match (as the first argument)
and the identifier in the @scheme[_pattern] (as the second argument).
In other words, @scheme[syntax-case] is like @scheme[syntax-case*] with
an @scheme[id-compare-expr] that produces @scheme[free-identifier=?].}
@defform[(with-syntax ([pattern stx-expr] ...)
body ...+)]{
Similar to @scheme[syntax-case], in that it matches a @scheme[pattern]
to a syntax object. Unlike @scheme[syntax-case], all @scheme[pattern]s
are matched, each to the result of a corresponding @scheme[stx-expr],
and the pattern variables from all matches (which must be distinct)
are bound with a single @scheme[body] sequence. The result of the
@scheme[with-syntax] form is the result of the last @scheme[body],
which is in tail position with respect to the @scheme[with-syntax]
form.
If any @scheme[pattern] fails to match the corresponding
@scheme[stx-expr], the @exnraise[exn:fail:syntax].
A @scheme[with-syntax] form is roughly equivalent to the following
@scheme[syntax-case] form:
@schemeblock[
(syntax-case (list stx-expr ...) ()
[(pattern ...) (let () body ...+)])
]
However, if any individual @scheme[stx-expr] produces a
non-@tech{syntax object}, then it is converted to one using
@scheme[datum->syntax] and the lexical context and source location of
the individual @scheme[stx-expr].}
@defform/subs[(syntax template)
([template id
(template-elem ...)
(template-elem ...+ . template)
(code:line #,(tt "#")(template-elem ...))
(code:line #,(tt "#s")(key-datum template-elem ...))
(ellipses stat-template)
const]
[template-elem (code:line template ellipses ...)]
[stat-template id
(stat-template ...)
(stat-template ... . stat-template)
(code:line #,(tt "#")(stat-template ...))
(code:line #,(tt "#s")(key-datum stat-template ...))
const]
[ellipses #,ellipses])]{
Constructs a syntax object based on a @scheme[template],which can
inlude @tech{pattern variables} bound by @scheme[syntax-case] or
@scheme[with-syntax].
Template forms produce a syntax object as follows:
@specsubform[id]{
If @scheme[id] is bound as a @tech{pattern variable}, then
@scheme[id] as a template produces the @tech{pattern variable}'s
match result. Unless the @scheme[id] is a sub-@scheme[template] that is
replicated by @scheme[ellipses] in a larger @scheme[template], the
@tech{pattern variable}'s value must be a syntax object with a
@tech{depth marker} of @math{0} (as opposed to a list of
matches).
More generally, if the @tech{pattern variable}'s value has a depth
marker @math{n}, then it can only appear within a template where it
is replicated by at least @math{n} @scheme[ellipses]es. In that case,
the template will be replicated enough times to use each match result
at least once.
If @scheme[id] is not bound as a pattern variable, then @scheme[id]
as a template produces @scheme[(quote-syntax id)].}
@specsubform[(template-elem ...)]{
Produces a syntax object whose datum is a list, and where the
elements of the list correspond to syntax objects producesd by the
@scheme[template-elem]s.
A @scheme[template-elem] is a sub-@scheme[template] replicated by any
number of @scheme[ellipses]es:
@itemize{
@item{If the sub-@scheme[template] is replicated by no
@scheme[ellipses]es, then it generates a single syntax object to
incorporate into the result syntax object.}
@item{If the sub-@scheme[template] is replicated by one
@scheme[ellipses], then it generates a sequence of syntax objects
that is ``inlined'' into the resulting syntax object.
The number of generated elements depends the values of
@tech{pattern variables} referenced within the
sub-@scheme[template]. There must be at least one @tech{pattern
variable} whose value is has a @tech{depth marker} less than the
number of @scheme[ellipses]es after the pattern variable within the
sub-@scheme[template].
If a @tech{pattern variable} is replicated by more
@scheme[ellipses]es in a @scheme[template] than the @tech{depth
marker} of its binding, then the @tech{pattern variable}'s result
is determined normally for inner @scheme[ellipses]es (up to the
binding's @tech{depth marker}), and then the result is replicated
as necessary to satisfy outer @scheme[ellipses]es.}
@item{For each @scheme[ellipses] after the first one, the preceding
element (with earlier replicating @scheme[ellipses]s) is
conceptually wrapped with parentheses for generating output, and
then the wrapping parentheses are removed in the resulting syntax
object.}}}
@specsubform[(template-elem ... . template)]{
Like the previous form, but the result is not necessarily a list;
instead, the place of the empty list in resulting syntax object's
datum is taken by the syntax object produced by @scheme[template].}
@specsubform[(code:line #,(tt "#")(template-elem ...))]{
Like the @scheme[(template-elem ...)] form, but producing a syntax
object whose datum is a vector instead of a list.}
@specsubform[(code:line #,(tt "#s")(key-datum template-elem ...))]{
Like the @scheme[(template-elem ...)] form, but producing a syntax
object whose datum is a @tech{prefab} structure instead of a list.
The @scheme[key-datum] must correspond to a valid first argument of
@scheme[make-prefab-struct].}
@specsubform[(ellipses stat-template)]{
Produces the same result as @scheme[stat-template], which is like a
@scheme[template], but @scheme[...] is treated like a @scheme[id]
(with no pattern binding).}
@specsubform[const]{
A @scheme[const] template is any form that does not match the
preceding cases, and it produces the result @scheme[(quote-syntac
const)].}
A @scheme[(#,(schemekeywordfont "syntax") template)] form is normally
abbreviated as @scheme[#'template]; see also
@secref["parse-quote"]. If @scheme[template] contains no pattern
variables, then @scheme[#'template] is equivalent to
@scheme[(quote-syntax template)].}
@defform[(quasisyntax template)]{
Like @scheme[syntax], but @scheme[(#,(schemekeywordfont "unsyntax")
_expr)] and @scheme[(#,(schemekeywordfont "unsyntax-splicing") _expr)]
escape to an expression within the @scheme[template].
The @scheme[_expr] must produce a syntax object (or syntax list) to be
substituted in place of the @scheme[unsyntax] or
@scheme[unsyntax-splicing] form within the quasiquoting template, just
like @scheme[unquote] and @scheme[unquote-splicing] within
@scheme[quasiquote]. (If the escaped expression does not generate a
syntax object, it is converted to one in the same was as for the
right-hand sides of @scheme[with-syntax].) Nested
@scheme[quasisyntax]es introduce quasiquoting layers in the same way
as nested @scheme[quasiquote]s.
Also analogous @scheme[quasiquote], the reader converts @litchar{#`}
to @scheme[quasisyntax], @litchar{#,} to @scheme[unsyntax], and
@litchar["#,@"] to @scheme[unsyntax-splicing]. See also
@secref["parse-quote"].}
@defform[(unsyntax expr)]{
Illegal as an expression form. The @scheme[unsyntax] form is for use
only with a @scheme[quasisyntax] template.}
@defform[(unsyntax-splicing expr)]{
Illegal as an expression form. The @scheme[unsyntax-splicing] form is
for use only with a @scheme[quasisyntax] template.}
@defform[(syntax/loc stx-expr template)]{
Like @scheme[syntax], except that the immediate resulting syntax
object takes its source-location information from the result of
@scheme[stx-expr] (which must produce a syntax object), unless the
@scheme[template] is just a pattern variable.}
@defform[(quasisyntax/loc stx-expr template)]{
Like @scheme[quasisyntax], but with source-location assignment like
@scheme[syntax/loc].}
@defform[(syntax-rules (literal-id ...)
[(id . pattern) template] ...)]{
Equivalent to
@schemeblock/form[
(lambda (stx)
(syntax-case stx (literal-id ...)
[(_generated-id . pattern) (syntax template)] ...))
]
where each @scheme[_generated-id] binds no identifier in the
corresponding @scheme[template].}
@defform[(syntax-id-rules (literal-id ...)
[pattern template] ...)]{
Equivalent to
@schemeblock[
(lambda (stx)
(make-set!-transformer
(syntax-case stx (literal-id ...)
[pattern (syntax template)] ...)))
]}
@defform[(define-syntax-rule (id . pattern) template)]{
Equivalent to
@schemeblock/form[
(define-syntax id
(syntax-rules ()
[(id . pattern) template]))
]
}
@defidform[...]{
The @scheme[...] transformer binding prohibits @scheme[...] from
being used as an expression. This binding useful only in syntax
patterns and templates, where it indicates repetitions of a pattern or
template. See @scheme[syntax-case] and @scheme[syntax].}
@defidform[_]{
The @scheme[_] transformer binding prohibits @scheme[_] from being
used as an expression. This binding useful only in syntax patterns,
where it indicates a pattern that matches any syntax object. See
@scheme[syntax-case].}