;;; Copyright (c) 1994 by Olin Shivers. See file COPYING. ;;; Handy for defining random flags and constants. ;;; (define-enum-constant "errno" intr 9) => (define errno/intr 9) ;;; This is deeply bogus code. It merely serves to demonstrate what a loser ;;; I am when it comes to serious modern-tech macrology. ;;; The question: is / the best separator? Alternates: $ . | ;;; (define-enum-constant fruit apple 1) => ;;; (define fruit/apple 1) (define-syntax define-enum-constant (lambda (form rename compare) (let* ((%define (rename 'define)) (base (let ((b (cadr form))) (cond ((string? b) b) ((symbol? b) (symbol->string b)) (else (error "Enum constant base must be symbol or string" b ))))) (var (string->symbol (string-append base "/" (symbol->string (caddr form))))) (value (cadddr form))) `(,%define ,var ,value)))) ;;; (define-enum-constants fruit (apple 1) (orange 2)) ;;; => (begin (define-enum-constant fruit apple 1) ;;; (define-enum-constant fruit orange 2)) (define-syntax define-enum-constants (syntax-rules () ((define-enum-constants set (elt val) ...) (begin (define-enum-constant set elt val) ...))))