3.6 Locations: #%variable-reference

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▼ | 3 | Syntactic Forms

3.1 | Modules: module, module*, ...
3.2 | Importing and Exporting: require and provide
3.3 | Literals: quote and #%datum
3.4 | Expression Wrapper: #%expression
3.5 | Variable References and #%top
3.6 | Locations: #%variable-reference
3.7 | Procedure Applications and #%app
3.8 | Procedure Expressions: lambda and case-lambda
3.9 | Local Binding: let, let*, letrec, ...
3.10 | Local Definitions: local
3.11 | Constructing Graphs: shared
3.12 | Conditionals: if, cond, and, and or
3.13 | Dispatch: case
3.14 | Definitions: define, define-syntax, ...
3.15 | Sequencing: begin, begin0, and begin-for-syntax
3.16 | Guarded Evaluation: when and unless
3.17 | Assignment: set! and set!-values
3.18 | Iterations and Comprehensions: for, for/ list, ...
3.19 | Continuation Marks: with-continuation-mark
3.20 | Quasiquoting: quasiquote, unquote, and unquote-splicing
3.21 | Syntax Quoting: quote-syntax
3.22 | Interaction Wrapper: #%top-interaction
3.23 | Blocks: block
3.24 | Internal-Definition Limiting: #%stratified-body
3.25 | Performance Hints: begin-encourage-inline
3.26 | Importing Modules Lazily: lazy-require
3.27 | Unsafe Access to Core Compiler Forms

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### 3.6 Locations: #%variable-reference🔗ℹ

> syntax (#%variable-reference id)
> (#%variable-reference (#%top . id))
> (#%variable-reference)

Produces an opaque variable reference value representing the location of id, which must be bound as a variable. If no id is supplied, the resulting value refers to an “anonymous” variable defined within the enclosing context (i.e., within the enclosing module, or at the top level if the form is not inside a module).

When (#%top . id) is used, then the variable reference refers to the same variable as (#%top . id). Note that (#%top . id) is not allowed if id is locally bound or within a module if id is bound as a transformer.

A variable reference can be used with variable-reference->empty-namespace, variable-reference->resolved-module-path, and variable-reference->namespace, but facilities like define-namespace-anchor and namespace-anchor->namespace wrap those to provide a clearer interface. A variable reference is also useful to low-level extensions; see Inside: Racket C API.

Changed in version 8.2.0.7 of package base: Changed #%top treatment to be consistent with #%top by itself.

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