PLT MzScheme: Language Manual

Matthew Flatt
mflatt@cs.rice.edu
Rice University

Version 53
July 1998

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• Contents
• This Manual
  • Notation
  • Thanks
• Multiple Return Values
• Basic Syntax Extensions
  • Evaluation Order
  • Conditionals
    • Cond and Case
    • When and Unless
    • And and Or
  • Sequences
  • Quasiquote
  • Binding Forms
    • Global Variables
    • Local Variables
    • Assignments
    • Fluid-Let
    • Syntax Expansion and Embedded Definitions
  • Case-Lambda
• Basic Data Extensions
  • Void and Undefined
  • Booleans
  • Numbers
  • Characters
  • Strings
  • Symbols
  • Vectors
  • Lists
  • Boxes
  • Procedures
    • Arity
    • Primitives
    • Procedure Names
  • Promises
  • Hash Tables
• Structures
  • Creating Structure Types
  • Creating Subtypes
  • Structure Utilities
• Classes and Objects
  • Object Example
  • Creating Interfaces
  • Creating Classes
    • Initialization Variables
    • Instance Variables
    • Initial Values
  • Creating Objects
  • Instance Variable Access
    • Generic Procedures
  • Object Utilities
• Units
  • Core Units
    • Creating Units
    • Invoking Units
    • Linking Units and Creating Compound Units
    • Invoking and Opening Units
    • Unit Utilities
  • Units with Signatures Overview
    • Importing and Exporting with Signatures
    • Linking with Signatures
    • Restricting Signatures
    • Embedded Units
  • Units with Signatures
    • Signatures
      • Flattening Signatures
    • Signed Units
    • Signed Compound Units
    • Invoking Signed Units
  • Mixing Core and Signed Units
    • Extracting a Primitive Unit from a Signed Unit
    • Adding a Signature to Primitive Units
    • Expanding Signed Unit Expressions
• Exceptions and Control Flow
  • Exceptions
    • Primitive Exceptions
  • Errors
    • Application Type Errors
    • Syntax Errors
    • Inferred Value Names
  • Continuations
  • Dynamic Wind
  • User Breaks
  • Error Escape Handler
• Threads and Namespaces
  • Threads
    • Thread Utilities
  • Semaphores
  • Global Variable Namespaces
    • Global Names
    • Constant Names
    • Keywords
  • Parameterizations
    • Built-in Parameters
      • Current Directory
      • Ports
      • Parsing
      • Printing
      • Language
      • Read-Eval-Print
      • Loading
      • Libraries
      • Exceptions
      • User Breaks
      • Parameterizations
      • Custodians
      • Will Executors
      • Exiting
      • Random Numbers
    • Parameter Utilities
    • Parameterization Utilities
    • Specifying a Parameterization
  • Custodians
• Regular Expressions
• System Utilities
  • Ports
    • Current Ports
    • Opening File Ports
    • Pipes
    • String Ports
    • File Ports
    • Custom Ports
    • Reading and Printing
    • Customizing Read
    • Customizing Display, Write, and Print
  • Filesystem Utilities
    • Pathnames
    • Files
    • Directories
  • Networking
  • Time
    • Real Time and Date
    • Machine Time
    • Timing Execution
  • Operating System Processes
  • Operating System Environment Variables
  • Runtime Information
• Memory Management
  • Weak Boxes
  • Will Executors
  • Garbage Collection
• Macros
  • Defining Macros
  • Identifier Macros
  • Expansion Time Binding and Evaluation
  • Primitive Syntax and Expanding Macros
• Support Facilities
  • Eval and Load
  • Exiting
  • Input Parsing
  • Output Printing
  • Data Sharing in Input and Output
  • Compilation
  • Dynamic Extensions
  • Saving and Restoring Program Images
• Library Collections and MzLib
  • MzLib Overview
    • Thanks
  • MzLib Libraries
    • Awk
    • Command-line Parsing
    • Compatibility
    • Compiling Files
    • Constants
    • Core
    • Dates
    • Structures
    • Filesystem
    • Functions
    • Inflating Compressed Data
    • Macros
    • Match
    • MzLib
    • Converted Printing
    • Pretty Printing
    • Requiring Libraries and Files
    • Restarting MzScheme with Arguments
    • Sharing
    • MrSpidey
    • Strings
    • Syntax Rules
    • Threads
    • Tracing
    • Tracing Loads
    • Complex Math
• Index
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