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23.6.2 Top Level Syntax Definitions

define-syntax: The gist is

(define-syntax <keyword> <transformer-spec>)

makes the <keyword> into a macro so that

(<keyword> ...)

expands at _compile_ or _read_ time (i.e. before any evaluation begins) into some expression that is given by the <transformer-spec>.