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Syntactic closure
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a>, syntactic closures are an implementation strategy for a <a href="/facts/Hygienic_macro/Xtvz0Qhy">hygienic macro</a> system. The term pertains to the <a href="/facts/Scheme_/0aGdf3SC">Scheme programming language</a>. </p><p>When a syntactic closure is used the arguments to a <a href="/facts/Macro_(computer_science)/7abAsm1o">macro</a> call are <a href="/facts/Closure_(computer_programming)/droP22Xn">enclosed</a> in the current environment, such that they cannot inadvertently reference <a href="/facts/Name_binding/HbBx9mpM">bindings</a> introduced by the macro itself. </p>