Chez Scheme Version 10 User's Guide

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Section 1.1. Chez Scheme Syntax
  • Section 1.2. Notational Conventions
  • Section 1.3. Parameters
  • Section 1.4. More Information

• Chapter 2. Using Chez Scheme
  • Section 2.1. Interacting with Chez Scheme
  • Section 2.2. Expression Editor
  • Section 2.3. The Interaction Environment
  • Section 2.4. Using Libraries and Top-Level Programs
  • Section 2.5. Scheme Shell Scripts
  • Section 2.6. Optimization
  • Section 2.7. Customization
  • Section 2.8. Building and Distributing Applications
  • Section 2.9. Command-Line Options

• Chapter 3. Debugging
  • Section 3.1. Tracing
  • Section 3.2. The Interactive Debugger
  • Section 3.3. The Interactive Inspector
  • Section 3.4. The Object Inspector
  • Section 3.5. Locating objects
  • Section 3.6. Nested object size and composition

• Chapter 4. Foreign Interface
  • Section 4.1. Subprocess Communication
  • Section 4.2. Calling out of Scheme
  • Section 4.3. Calling into Scheme
  • Section 4.4. Continuations and Foreign Calls
  • Section 4.5. Foreign Data
  • Section 4.6. Foreign Arrays of Managed Objects
  • Section 4.7. Providing Access to Foreign Procedures
  • Section 4.8. Using Other Foreign Languages
  • Section 4.9. Foreign Error Results
  • Section 4.10. C Library Routines
  • Section 4.11. Example: Socket Operations

• Chapter 5. Binding Forms
  • Section 5.1. Definitions
  • Section 5.2. Multiple-value Definitions
  • Section 5.3. Recursive Bindings
  • Section 5.4. Fluid Bindings
  • Section 5.5. Top-Level Bindings

• Chapter 6. Control Structures
  • Section 6.1. Conditionals
  • Section 6.2. Mapping and Folding
  • Section 6.3. Continuations
  • Section 6.4. Engines

• Chapter 7. Operations on Objects
  • Section 7.1. Missing R6RS Type Predicates
  • Section 7.2. Pairs and Lists
  • Section 7.3. Characters
  • Section 7.4. Strings
  • Section 7.5. Vectors
  • Section 7.6. Fixnum-Only Vectors
  • Section 7.7. Flonum-Only Vectors
  • Section 7.8. Bytevectors
  • Section 7.9. Stencil Vectors
  • Section 7.10. Boxes
  • Section 7.11. Symbols
  • Section 7.12. Void
  • Section 7.13. Sorting
  • Section 7.14. Hashtables
  • Section 7.15. Record Types
  • Section 7.16. Record Equality and Hashing
  • Section 7.17. Legacy Record Types
  • Section 7.18. Procedures

• Chapter 8. Numeric Operations
  • Section 8.1. Numeric Type Predicates
  • Section 8.2. Fixnum Operations
  • Section 8.3. Flonum Operations
  • Section 8.4. Inexact Complex Operations
  • Section 8.5. Bitwise and Logical Operators
  • Section 8.6. Random Number Generation
  • Section 8.7. Miscellaneous Numeric Operations

• Chapter 9. Input/Output Operations
  • Section 9.1. Generic Ports
  • Section 9.2. File Options
  • Section 9.3. Transcoders
  • Section 9.4. Port Operations
  • Section 9.5. String Ports
  • Section 9.6. File Ports
  • Section 9.7. Custom Ports
  • Section 9.8. Input Operations
  • Section 9.9. Output Operations
  • Section 9.10. Input/Output Operations
  • Section 9.11. Non-Unicode Bytevector/String Conversions
  • Section 9.12. Pretty Printing
  • Section 9.13. Formatted Output
  • Section 9.14. Input/Output Control Operations
  • Section 9.15. Fasl Output
  • Section 9.16. File System Interface
  • Section 9.17. Generic Port Examples

• Chapter 10. Libraries and Top-level Programs
  • Section 10.1. Built-in Libraries
  • Section 10.2. Running Top-level Programs
  • Section 10.3. Library and Top-level Program Forms
  • Section 10.4. Standalone import and export forms
  • Section 10.5. Explicitly invoking libraries
  • Section 10.6. Library Parameters
  • Section 10.7. Library Inspection

• Chapter 11. Syntactic Extension and Modules
  • Section 11.1. Fluid Keyword Bindings
  • Section 11.2. Syntax-Rules Transformers
  • Section 11.3. Syntax-Case Transformers
  • Section 11.4. Compile-time Values and Properties
  • Section 11.5. Modules
  • Section 11.6. Standalone import and export forms
  • Section 11.7. Built-in Modules
  • Section 11.8. Meta Definitions
  • Section 11.9. Conditional expansion
  • Section 11.10. Aliases
  • Section 11.11. Annotations
  • Section 11.12. Source Tables

• Chapter 12. System Operations
  • Section 12.1. Exceptions
  • Section 12.2. Interrupts
  • Section 12.3. Environments
  • Section 12.4. Compilation, Evaluation, and Loading
  • Section 12.5. Source Directories and Files
  • Section 12.6. Compiler Controls
  • Section 12.7. Profiling
  • Section 12.8. Waiter Customization
  • Section 12.9. Transcript Files
  • Section 12.10. Times and Dates
  • Section 12.11. Timing and Statistics
  • Section 12.12. Cost Centers
  • Section 12.13. Black-Box Procedure
  • Section 12.14. Parameters
  • Section 12.15. Virtual registers
  • Section 12.16. Environmental Queries and Settings
  • Section 12.17. Subset Modes

• Chapter 13. Storage Management
  • Section 13.1. Garbage Collection
  • Section 13.2. Weak Pairs, Ephemeron Pairs, and Guardians
  • Section 13.3. Locking Objects
  • Section 13.4. Immobile Objects
  • Section 13.5. Phantom Bytevectors

• Chapter 14. Expression Editor
  • Section 14.1. Expression Editor Parameters
  • Section 14.2. Key Binding
  • Section 14.3. Editing Commands
  • Section 14.4. Creating New Editing Commands

• Chapter 15. Thread System
  • Section 15.1. Thread Creation
  • Section 15.2. Mutexes
  • Section 15.3. Conditions
  • Section 15.4. Locks
  • Section 15.5. Locked increment and decrement
  • Section 15.6. Reference counting with ftype guardians
  • Section 15.7. Memory Consistency
  • Section 15.8. Thread Parameters
  • Section 15.9. Buffered I/O
  • Section 15.10. Example: Bounded Queues

• Chapter 16. Compatibility Features
  • Section 16.1. Hash Tables
  • Section 16.2. Extend-Syntax Macros
  • Section 16.3. Structures
  • Section 16.4. Compatibility File

• Bibliography

• Summary of Forms

• Index

Chez Scheme Version 10 User's Guide
Copyright © 2026 Cisco Systems, Inc.
Licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0 (full copyright notice.).
Revised May 2026 for Chez Scheme Version 10.4.0
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