[plt-scheme] transformers after expansion no longer needed

Eli Barzilay eli at barzilay.org
Wed Jul 16 07:24:55 EDT 2008


On Jul 16, Jos Koot wrote:
> When running a module in DrScheme, the transformers used during
> expansion cannot be discarded, because they may be used in the
> interactions window. However, in many cases I no longer need the
> transformers after expansion. Is there a way to make them garbage
> collectable as soon as expansion is completed?

You can use `let-syntax' for that, or other forms of local macros
like:

  (define foo
    (let ()
      (define-syntax ...)
      blah))

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