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SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>syntax</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(form._((lib._racket/unit..rkt)._unit-from-context))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/unit, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Generating_A_Unit_from_Context.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._unit-from-context%29%29" class="RktStxDef RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">unit-from-context</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">tagged-sig-spec</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></p></blockquote></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Creates a unit that implements an interface using bindings in the
enclosing environment. The generated unit is essentially the same as</div></p><blockquote class="SCodeFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RktBlk"><tr><td><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="creatingunits.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._unit%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">unit</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="creatingunits.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._import%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">import</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="creatingunits.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._export%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">export</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">tagged-sig-spec</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="hspace">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="RktPn">(</span><span class="RktSym"><a href="define.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Fprivate%2Fbase..rkt%29._define%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">define</a></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">id</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktSym">expr</span><span class="RktPn">)</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktMeta"><a href="stx-patterns.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Fprivate%2Fstxcase-scheme..rkt%29._......%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">...</a></span><span class="RktPn">)</span></td></tr></table></blockquote><p>for each <span class="RktSym">id</span> that must be defined to satisfy the exports, and
each corresponding <span class="RktSym">expr</span> produces the value of <span class="RktSym">id</span> in
the environment of the <span class="RktSym"><a href="Generating_A_Unit_from_Context.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._unit-from-context%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">unit-from-context</a></span> expression. (The unit
cannot be written as above, however, since each <span class="RktSym">id</span> definition
within the unit shadows the binding outside the <span class="RktSym"><a href="creatingunits.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._unit%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">unit</a></span> form.)</p><p>See <span class="RktSym"><a href="creatingunits.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._unit%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">unit</a></span> for the grammar of <span class="RktVar">tagged-sig-spec</span>.</p><p><div class="SIntrapara"><blockquote class="SVInsetFlow"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxed RBoxed"><tr><td><blockquote class="SubFlow"><div class="RBackgroundLabel SIEHidden"><div class="RBackgroundLabelInner"><p>syntax</p></div></div><p class="RForeground"><span class="RktPn">(</span><a name="(form._((lib._racket/unit..rkt)._define-unit-from-context))"></a><span title="Provided from: racket/unit, racket | Package: base"><span class="RktSym"><a href="Generating_A_Unit_from_Context.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._define-unit-from-context%29%29" class="RktStxDef RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">define-unit-from-context</a></span></span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">id</span><span class="hspace">&nbsp;</span><span class="RktVar">tagged-sig-spec</span><span class="RktPn">)</span></p></blockquote></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="SIntrapara">Like <span class="RktSym"><a href="Generating_A_Unit_from_Context.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._unit-from-context%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">unit-from-context</a></span>, in that a unit is constructed from
the enclosing environment, and like <span class="RktSym"><a href="linkinference.html#%28form._%28%28lib._racket%2Funit..rkt%29._define-unit%29%29" class="RktStxLink" data-pltdoc="x">define-unit</a></span>, in that
<span class="RktVar">id</span> is bound to static information to be used later with inference.</div></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, &quot;8.6&quot;, &quot;../&quot;);"/></form>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.racket-lang.org/index.html" title="up to the documentation top" data-pltdoc="x" onclick="return GotoPLTRoot(&quot;8.6&quot;);">top</a><span class="tocsettoggle">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="javascript:void(0);" title="show/hide table of contents" onclick="TocsetToggle();">contents</a></span></span><span class="navright">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="linkinference.html" title="backward to &quot;7.4 Inferred Linking&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">&larr; prev</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="mzlib_unit.html" title="up to &quot;7 Units&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">up</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="Structural_Matching.html" title="forward to &quot;7.6 Structural Matching&quot;" data-pltdoc="x">next &rarr;</a></span>&nbsp;</div></div></div><div id="contextindicator">&nbsp;</div></body></html>