guile-for-guile-emacs/module/srfi/srfi-31.scm

;;; srfi-31.scm --- special form for recursive evaluation

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;;; Original author: Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>

(define-module (srfi srfi-31)
  #:export (rec))

(cond-expand-provide (current-module) '(srfi-31))

(define-syntax rec
  (syntax-rules ()
    "Return the given object, defined in a lexical environment where
NAME is bound to itself."
    ((_ (name . formals) body ...)                ; procedure
     (letrec ((name (lambda formals body ...)))
       name))
    ((_ name expr)                                ; arbitrary object
     (letrec ((name expr))
       name))))