Re: syntax-case error?

[Robert Nikander <rob at encodia dot biz>]

On Mar 27, 2005, at 11:39 PM, Per Bothner wrote:
> You can't compile a module containing a syntax-case definition and
> use it in the same class.  You have to put the macro in a separate
> module.
>
> I would like to fix this, but it's a substantial change.  It may happen
> later this year, as a step to implementing call/cc.
> --

Ah okay, thanks.  I'm curious, how do you plan on executing 
macro-expansion code in the module before the module is compiled?  Will 
you compile parts of the module before the final class-file output, or 
will you interpret macro expansion code without compiling it?  Both 
seem pretty hairy.  Am I right that there is no way to run bytecode in 
the JVM without loading a class, and that there is no way to rewrite 
the bytecode of a class once it is loaded?

call/cc?  That will be interesting!

Rob