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<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.8"/><title>17.1 Module Languages</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../scribble.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../racket.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="icons.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../manual-style.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../manual-racket.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../manual-racket.css" title="default"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../doc-site.css" title="default"/><script type="text/javascript" src="../scribble-common.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../manual-racket.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../manual-racket.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../doc-site.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../local-redirect/local-redirect.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="../local-redirect/local-user-redirect.js"></script><!--[if IE 6]><style type="text/css">.SIEHidden { overflow: hidden; }</style><![endif]--></head><body id="doc-racket-lang-org"><div class="tocset"><div class="tocview"><div class="tocviewlist tocviewlisttopspace"><div class="tocviewtitle"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="width: 1em;"><a href="javascript:void(0);" title="Expand/Collapse" class="tocviewtoggle" onclick="TocviewToggle(this,"tocview_0");">►</a></td><td></td><td><a href="index.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">The Racket Guide</a></td></tr></table></div><div class="tocviewsublisttop" style="display: none;" id="tocview_0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right">1 </td><td><a href="intro.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Welcome to Racket</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">2 </td><td><a href="to-scheme.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Racket Essentials</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">3 </td><td><a href="datatypes.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Built-<wbr></wbr>In Datatypes</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">4 </td><td><a href="scheme-forms.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Expressions and Definitions</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">5 </td><td><a href="define-struct.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Programmer-<wbr></wbr>Defined Datatypes</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">6 </td><td><a href="modules.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Modules</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">7 </td><td><a href="contracts.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Contracts</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">8 </td><td><a href="i_o.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Input and Output</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">9 </td><td><a href="regexp.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Regular Expressions</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">10 </td><td><a href="control.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Exceptions and Control</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">11 </td><td><a href="for.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Iterations and Comprehensions</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">12 </td><td><a href="match.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Pattern Matching</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">13 </td><td><a href="classes.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Classes and Objects</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">14 </td><td><a href="units.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Units</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">15 </td><td><a href="reflection.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Reflection and Dynamic Evaluation</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">16 </td><td><a href="macros.html" class="tocviewlink" data-pltdoc="x">Macros</a></td></tr><tr><td align="right">17 </td><td><a href="languages.html" class="tocviewselflink" data-pltdoc="x">Creating Languages</a></td></tr><tr><td
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module path that is specified after the new module’s name provides the
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initial imports for the module. Since the initial-import module
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determines even the most basic bindings that are available in a
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module’s body, such as <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._require%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">require</a></span>, the initial import can be
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called a <a name="(tech._module._language)"></a><span style="font-style: italic">module language</span>.</p><p>The most common <a href="module-languages.html#%28tech._module._language%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">module languages</span></a> are <a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=index.html&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">racket</span></a> or
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<a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=index.html&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">racket/base</span></a>, but you can define your own
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<a href="module-languages.html#%28tech._module._language%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">module language</span></a> by defining a suitable module. For example,
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using <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._provide%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">provide</a></span> subforms like <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._all-from-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">all-from-out</a></span>,
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<span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._except-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">except-out</a></span>, and <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._rename-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">rename-out</a></span>, you can add, remove, or
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rename bindings from <a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=index.html&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">racket</span></a> to produce a <a href="module-languages.html#%28tech._module._language%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">module
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language</span></a> that is a variant of <a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=index.html&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">racket</span></a>:</p><blockquote class="refpara"><blockquote class="refcolumn"><blockquote class="refcontent"><p><span class="imageleft"><img src="finger.png" alt="+" width="24" height="24"/></span><a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._module-syntax%29" data-pltdoc="x">The <span class="RktSym"><span class="RktStxLink">module</span></span> Form</a> introduces the longhand
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<span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span> form.</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">raquet</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">racket</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._provide%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">provide</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._except-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">except-out</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._all-from-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">all-from-out</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">racket</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=lambda.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._lambda%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">lambda</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._rename-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">rename-out</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">[</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=lambda.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._lambda%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">lambda</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">function</span><span class="RktPn">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"
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your own <a href="module-languages.html#%28tech._module._language%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">module language</span></a>, then the resulting module
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will no longer work right as a <a href="module-languages.html#%28tech._module._language%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">module language</span></a>:</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">just-lambda</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">racket</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._provide%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">provide</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=lambda.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._lambda%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">lambda</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">identity</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">just-lambda</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=lambda.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._lambda%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">lambda</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">x</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">x</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktErr">eval:2:0: module: no #%module-begin binding in the module's</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktErr">language</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktErr"></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktErr">in: (module identity (quote just-lambda) (lambda (x) x))</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote><p>The <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25module-begin%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%module-begin</a></span> form is an implicit form that wraps the
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body of a module. It must be provided by a module that is to be used
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as <a href="module-languages.html#%28tech._module._language%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">module language</span></a>:</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">just-lambda</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">racket</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._provide%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">provide</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=lambda.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._lambda%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">lambda</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25module-begin%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%module-begin</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">identity</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">just-lambda</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=lambda.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._lambda%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">lambda</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">x</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">x</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._require%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">require</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">identity</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktOut">#<procedure></span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote><p>The other implicit forms provided by <span class="RktSym">racket/base</span> are
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<span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=application.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25app%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%app</a></span> for function calls, <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=quote.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._%7E23%7E25datum%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%datum</a></span> for literals, and
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<span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=__top.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._%7E23%7E25top%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%top</a></span> for identifiers that have no binding:</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">just-lambda</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">racket</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._provide%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">provide</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=lambda.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._lambda%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">lambda</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25module-begin%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%module-begin</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktCmt">;</span><span class="RktCmt"> </span><span class="RktSym">ten</span><span class="RktCmt"> needs these, too:</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=application.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25app%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%app</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=quote.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._%7E23%7E25datum%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%datum</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">ten</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">just-lambda</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=lam
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but they exist mainly to allow a module language to restrict or change
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the meaning of implicit uses. For example, a <span class="RktSym">lambda-calculus</span>
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<a href="module-languages.html#%28tech._module._language%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">module language</span></a> might restrict functions to a single argument,
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restrict function calls to supply a single argument, restrict the
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module body to a single expression, disallow literals, and treat
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unbound identifiers as uninterpreted symbols:</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">lambda-calculus</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">racket</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._provide%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">provide</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._rename-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">rename-out</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">[</span><span class="RktSym">1-arg-lambda</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=lambda.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._lambda%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">lambda</a></span><span class="RktPn">]</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">[</span><span class="RktSym">1-arg-app</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=application.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25app%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%app</a></span><span class="RktPn">]</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">[</span><span class="RktSym">1-form-module-begin</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25module-begin%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%module-begin</a></span><span class="RktPn">]</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">[</span><span class="RktSym">no-literals</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=quote.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._%7E23%7E25datum%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%datum</a></span><span class="RktPn">]</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> &nb
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<span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=__top.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._%7E23%7E25top%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%top</a></span>, but redefining <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25module-begin%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%module-begin</a></span> is more
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frequently useful. For example, when using modules to construct
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descriptions of HTML pages where a description is exported from the
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module as <span class="RktSym">page</span>, an alternate <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25module-begin%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%module-begin</a></span>
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can help eliminate <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._provide%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">provide</a></span> and quasiquoting
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boilerplate, as in <span class="stt">"html.rkt"</span>:</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><blockquote class="Rfilebox"><p class="Rfiletitle"><span class="Rfilename"><span class="stt">"html.rkt"</span></span></p><blockquote class="Rfilecontent"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._hash-lang%29" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></a><span class="hspace"> </span><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=index.html&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">racket</span></a></td></tr><tr><td><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._require%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">require</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">racket/date</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._provide%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">provide</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._except-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">except-out</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._all-from-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">all-from-out</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">racket</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25module-begin%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%module-begin</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._rename-out%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">rename-out</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">[</span><span class="RktSym">module-begin</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._%7E23%7E25module-begin%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">#%module-begin</a></span><span class="RktPn">]</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">now</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a
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can be described without having to explicitly define or export
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<span class="RktSym">page</span> and starting in <span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=quasiquote.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fletstx-scheme..rkt%2529._quasiquote%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">quasiquote</a></span>d mode instead
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of expression mode:</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym">lady-with-the-spinning-head</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"html.rkt"</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">title</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"Queen of Diamonds"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">p</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"Updated: "</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktRdr">,</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">now</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=require.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fbase..rkt%2529._require%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">require</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">'</span><span class="RktVal">lady-with-the-spinning-head</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="stt">> </span><span class="RktSym">page</span></td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="RktRes">'(html (title "Queen of Diamonds") (p "Updated: " "2022-08-04"))</span></p></td></tr></table></blockquote><h5 x-source-module="(lib "scribblings/guide/guide.scrbl")" x-source-pkg="racket-doc" x-part-tag=""s-exp"">17.1.2<tt> </tt><a name="(part._s-exp)"></a>Using <a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._hash-lang%29" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></a><span class="stt"> </span><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=reader.html%23%2528mod-path._s-exp%2529&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">s-exp</span></a></h5><p>Implementing a language at the level of <a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._hash-lang%29" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></a> is more complex
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than declaring a single module, because <a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._hash-lang%29" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></a> lets programmers
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control several different facets of a language. The
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<a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=reader.html%23%2528mod-path._s-exp%2529&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">s-exp</span></a> language, however, acts as a kind of
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meta-language for using a <a href="module-languages.html#%28tech._module._language%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">module language</span></a> with the
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<a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._hash-lang%29" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></a> shorthand:</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._hash-lang%29" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></a><span class="hspace"> </span><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=reader.html%23%2528mod-path._s-exp%2529&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">s-exp</span></a><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVar">module-name</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="RktVar">form</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=stx-patterns.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fstxcase-scheme..rkt%2529._......%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">...</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote><p>is the same as</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=module.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528quote._%7E23%7E25kernel%2529._module%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">module</a></span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVar">name</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVar">module-name</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVar">form</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktSym"><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=stx-patterns.html%23%2528form._%2528%2528lib._racket%252Fprivate%252Fstxcase-scheme..rkt%2529._......%2529%2529&version=8.6" class="RktStxLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x">...</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote><p>where <span class="RktVar">name</span> is derived from the source file containing the
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<a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._hash-lang%29" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></a> program. The name <a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=reader.html%23%2528mod-path._s-exp%2529&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">s-exp</span></a> is short for
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“<a name="(idx._(gentag._5._(lib._scribblings/guide/guide..scrbl)))"></a>S-expression,” which is a traditional name for
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Racket’s <a href="Pairs__Lists__and_Racket_Syntax.html#%28tech._reader%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">reader</span></a>-level lexical conventions: parentheses,
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identifiers, numbers, double-quoted strings with certain backslash
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escapes, and so on.</p><p>Using <a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._hash-lang%29" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></a><span class="stt"> </span><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=reader.html%23%2528mod-path._s-exp%2529&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">s-exp</span></a>, the
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<span class="RktSym">lady-with-the-spinning-head</span> example from before can be
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written more compactly as:</p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><a href="Module_Syntax.html#%28part._hash-lang%29" class="RktModLink" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></a><span class="hspace"> </span><a href="https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.6/doc/local-redirect/index.html?doc=reference&rel=reader.html%23%2528mod-path._s-exp%2529&version=8.6" class="RktModLink Sq" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="RktSym">s-exp</span></a><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"html.rkt"</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace"> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">title</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"Queen of Diamonds"</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">p</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktVal">"Updated: "</span><span class="hspace"> </span><span class="RktRdr">,</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym">now</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote><p>Later in this guide, <a href="hash-languages.html" data-pltdoc="x">Defining new <span class="RktModLink"><span class="RktMod">#lang</span></span> Languages</a> explains how to define
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<a href="Pairs__Lists__and_Racket_Syntax.html#%28tech._reader%29" class="techoutside" data-pltdoc="x"><span class="techinside">reader</span></a>-level extensions to Racket.</p><div class="navsetbottom"><span class="navleft"><form class="searchform"><input class="searchbox" id="searchbox" type="text" tabindex="1" placeholder="...search manuals..." title="Enter a search string to search the manuals" onkeypress="return DoSearchKey(event, this, "8.6", "../");"/></form> <a href="https://docs.racket-lang.org/index.html" title="up to the documentation top" data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot("8.6");">top</a><span class="tocsettoggle"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" title="show/hide table of contents" onclick="TocsetToggle();">contents</a></span></span><span class="navright"> <a href="languages.html" title="backward to "17 Creating Languages"" data-pltdoc="x">← prev</a> <a href="languages.html" title="up to "17 Creating Languages"" data-pltdoc="x">up</a> <a href="hash-reader.html" title="forward to "17.2 Reader Extensions"" data-pltdoc="x">next →</a></span> </div></div></div><div id="contextindicator"> </div></body></html>
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