In the old macro expansion model marks are applied to input / output when
submac is applied. Since FOO-ID is retrieved from a property it has no
"input mark". We can use syntax-local-introduce to mark it ourselves.


#lang racket

(define foo 'module-foo)

(define-syntax (mac stx)
  (syntax-case stx ()
    [(_ SUBMAC)
     (with-syntax ([SUBMAC (syntax-property #'SUBMAC 'foo-id #'foo)])
       #`(begin (displayln (format "module foo = ~a" #,(syntax-property
#'SUBMAC 'foo-id)))
                SUBMAC))]))

(define-syntax (submac stx)
  (syntax-case stx ()
    [(_)
     (with-syntax ([FOO-ID (syntax-local-introduce (syntax-property stx
'foo-id))])
       #`(begin
           (define FOO-ID 'submac-foo)
           (displayln (format "submac foo = ~a" FOO-ID))))]))

(mac (submac)) ; why not an "identifier already defined" error?




2018-05-21 22:28 GMT+02:00 Matthew Butterick <m...@mbtype.com>:

> I must be missing something obvious. But I've developed short-term macro
> blindness.
>
> The idea is that the `foo` identifier is packaged into the call to
> `submac` as a syntax property.
>
> When I retrieve this property from inside `mac`, it returns the expected
> 'module-foo value.
>
> But when I retrieve this property from inside `submac`, it creates a new
> nonconflicting variable. This confuses me: what I expect is that `submac`
> should try to bind the same identifier, producing an error.
>
>
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;
>
> #lang racket
>
> (define foo 'module-foo)
>
> (define-syntax (mac stx)
>   (syntax-case stx ()
>     [(_ SUBMAC)
>      (with-syntax ([SUBMAC (syntax-property #'SUBMAC 'foo-id #'foo)])
>        #`(begin (displayln (format "module foo = ~a" #,(syntax-property
> #'SUBMAC 'foo-id)))
>                 SUBMAC))]))
>
> (define-syntax (submac stx)
>   (syntax-case stx ()
>     [(_)
>      (with-syntax ([FOO-ID (syntax-property stx 'foo-id)])
>        #`(begin
>            (define FOO-ID 'submac-foo)
>            (displayln (format "submac foo = ~a" FOO-ID))))]))
>
> (mac (submac)) ; why not an "identifier already defined" error?
>
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