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**Author:** [@dimaugh](https://racket.discourse.group/u/dimaugh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/writing-a-macro-that-behaves-differently-depending-on-context/536 "2022-01-08T10:51:57Z")
I'm trying to define a macro 'def' which behaves differently depending on where it appears. If it appears in the top-level, it expands to a normal 'define' and adds the definition to a hash. If it appears in a local cont…