13:09 <d3mon> I'm following the tutorial for the module `brag` (https://docs.racket-lang.org/brag/). A quick summary is that it generates a parser for you, which can then be used to generate syntax objects from strings of source code

13:10 <d3mon> The tutorial recommends using syntax-parse to pattern-match things in the syntax objects and perform actions on that basis to make an interpreter

13:10 <d3mon> I don't think I need all the features of syntax-parse, at least not at this stage because I'm trying to produce a prototype language

13:10 <d3mon> (basically a small working example)

13:11 <d3mon> Can anyone suggest another way I can interpret the syntax objects to produce output? This is my first time using Racket so I might be missing something obvious

19:14 <dzoe> d3mon: I strongly suggest you use syntax-parse, I use syntax-case wherever I can (it's faster and in some cases the difference can be kinda big), but syntax-parse allows you MUCH better control with respect to various types of ellipsis-head patterns at seemingly non-head positions within a pattern.

19:15 <dzoe> Consider a pattern like this: (name pre ... (v0 ...) (v1 ...) (v2 ...) (v3 ...) post ...))

19:15 <dzoe> With syntax-case that was virtually impossible to parse correctly the way I wanted it, with syntax-parse THIS (above) is the pattern that parses it without a hiccup.

20:48 <edrx> hi all! anyone here understands the elisp function `geiser' well?

20:49 <edrx> I'm trying to do something like this for geiser - https://github.com/joaotavora/sly/issues/550

20:50 <edrx> but simply running (save-window-excursion (geiser 'racket)) doesn't work as expected... it returns early, and the window setting is only changed after the save-window-excursion returns, and ignoring the save-window-excursion...

20:52 <edrx> is there a way to write a function (my-geiser-wait) that only returns after the connection is established and the windows are set? how do I write it? would this work?

20:52 <edrx> (save-window-excursion (geiser 'racket) (my-geiser-wait))