* Re: "define-constant is only allowed in a <body>"
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@ 2022-11-20 22:41 ` Per Bothner
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From: Per Bothner @ 2022-11-20 22:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Panicz Maciej Godek, kawa
On 11/19/22 06:37, Panicz Maciej Godek via Kawa wrote:
> When I try to use this code from yet another module -- more specifically,
> this one:
>
> https://github.com/panicz/grasp-android/blob/master/stages/retreat/GRASP/src/panel.scm#L130
>
> as
>
> (define-mapping (on-key-press code) never)
>
> I get the error message
>
> define-constant is only allowed in a <body>
>
> but when I use the expanded version
>
> (define on-key-press (mapping (code) never))
>
> everything works.
>
> I wonder what could be the reason of Kawa's behavior.
Kawa is presumably complaining that the define-early-constant is
in a non-<body> context.
This is allowed:
(begin (define-early-constant ...) ...)
This is not:
(list (define-early-constant ...) ...)
One of the problems with Scheme S-expression-based syntax is that
it is sometimes tricky to tell what parenthesis does what.
For example, it is easy to end up with this after some macro-expansion:
((define-early-constant ...))
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