Trying to learn macros, have question on code snippet

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@soegaard

In (with-syntax ([keys (cdr ids)[) ...) the pattern keys is bound to a syntax object representing a list (the result of (cdr ids) ).

Within the template that begins with #' the pattern variable keys will be replaced by the syntax object to which it is bound - that is, it will be replaced the the identifiers from (cdr ids) .

I guess what has/had me confused is that in the same code, one line above "hash-table" is the first element of "ids" and I guess that's a syntax object as well, yet it is not quoted in the #'(hash-refs hash-table 'keys default) line. I got a bit confused, new to this. Thanks