2.4 Expression Wrapper: #%expression

2.1	Modules: module, module*, ...
2.2	Importing and Exporting: require and provide
2.3	Literals: quote and #%datum
2.4	Expression Wrapper: #%expression
2.5	Variable References and #%top
2.6	Locations: #%variable-reference
2.7	Procedure Applications and #%app
2.8	Procedure Expressions: lambda and case-lambda
2.9	Local Binding: let, let*, letrec, ...
2.10	Local Definitions: local
2.11	Constructing Graphs: shared
2.12	Conditionals: if, cond, and, and or
2.13	Dispatch: case
2.14	Definitions: define, define-syntax, ...
2.15	Sequencing: begin, begin0, and begin-for-syntax
2.16	Guarded Evaluation: when and unless
2.17	Assignment: set! and set!-values
2.18	Iterations and Comprehensions: for, for/ list, ...
2.19	Continuation Marks: with-continuation-mark
2.20	Quasiquoting: quasiquote, unquote, and unquote-splicing
2.21	Syntax Quoting: quote-syntax
2.22	Interaction Wrapper: #%top-interaction
2.23	Blocks: block
2.24	Internal-Definition Limiting: #%stratified-body
2.25	Performance Hints: begin-encourage-inline
2.26	Importing Modules Lazily: lazy-require

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syntax
(#%expression expr)

Produces the same result as expr. The only use of #%expression is to force the parsing of a form as an expression.

Examples:

> (#%expression (+ 1 2))
3
> (#%expression (define x 10))
eval:8:0: define: not allowed in an expression context
in: (define x 10)

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