PLT MzScheme: Language Manual

Matthew Flatt
mflatt@cs.utah.edu

Version 103
August 2000

• Send us your Web links
• Thanks
• Introduction
  • MrEd, DrScheme, and mzc
  • Notation
• 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 Internal 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
    • 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
    • Application Mismatch Errors
    • Syntax Errors
    • Inferred Value Names
  • Continuations
  • Dynamic Wind
  • Continuation Marks
  • Breaks
  • Error Escape Handler
• Threads and Namespaces
  • Threads
    • Thread Utilities
  • Semaphores
  • Global Variable Namespaces
    • Global Names
    • Keywords
  • Parameters
    • Built-in Parameters
      • Current Directory
      • Ports
      • Parsing
      • Printing
      • Language
      • Read-Eval-Print
      • Loading
      • Libraries
      • Exceptions
      • Breaks
      • Custodians
      • Exiting
      • Random Numbers
    • Parameter Utilities
  • Custodians
• Regular Expressions
• System Utilities
  • Ports
    • Current Ports
    • Opening File Ports
    • Pipes
    • String Ports
    • File-Stream 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: awk.ss
    • Classes with defined Methods: classd.ss
    • Command-line Parsing: cmdline.ss
    • Compatibility: compat.ss
    • Compiling Files: compile.ss
    • Core: core.ss
    • Dates: date.ss
    • Deflating (Compressing) Data: deflate.ss
    • Structures: defstru.ss
    • Filesystem: file.ss
    • Functions: functio.ss
    • Inflating Compressed Data: inflate.ss
    • Invoking with Exports to a Namespace: invoke.ss
    • Macros: macro.ss
    • Match: match.ss
    • Math: math.ss
    • MzLib: mzlib.ss
    • Converted Printing: pconver.ss
    • Pretty Printing: pretty.ss
    • Requiring Libraries and Files: refer.ss
    • Restarting MzScheme with Arguments: restart.ss
    • Sharing: shared.ss
    • MrSpidey: spidey.ss
    • Strings: string.ss
    • Syntax Rules: synrule.ss
    • Threads: thread.ss
    • Tracing: trace.ss
    • Tracing Loads: traceld.ss
    • Transcripts: transcr.ss
• Running MzScheme
• Index
• About this document ...