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Re: Strange error output for undefined macros inside macros



On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Per Bothner wrote: 
 (define (low-level-macro-helper all)
   (eval `(dosomethingcoolwith ,@all)))

 (define-syntax low-level-macro
   (syntax-rules ()
     ((_ arg1 arg2 ...) (def-class-helper (quote (arg1 arg2 ...))))))


I don't know if it is safe, but I'm 99% certain it's the wrong approach.
You want to work *with* the compiler, not *against* it.

But will I stumble upon the colon problem using this approach?

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