[bug #65272] Attempting to define macro with keyword "if" using define-syntax results in error.

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                 Summary: Attempting to define macro with keyword "if" using
define-syntax results in error.
                   Group: MIT/GNU Scheme
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Thu 08 Feb 2024 12:24:00 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect behavior
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Richard
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                Keywords: 


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Date: Thu 08 Feb 2024 12:24:00 AM UTC By: Anonymous
Discussed here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77957401/why-cant-a-scheme-macro-with-the-name-if-be-defined

Incorrect behavior, running on MIT/GNU Scheme 12.1:

1 ]=> (define-syntax if
        (syntax-rules () 
          ((_) 'ok)))

;Premature reference to reserved name: if
;To continue, call RESTART with an option number:
; (RESTART 1) => Return to read-eval-print level 1.


Correct behavior:

1 ]=> (define-syntax if
        (syntax-rules () 
          ((_) 'ok)))

;Value: if

1 ]=> (if)

;Value: ok









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