Defining a function with the same name as a struct with a different constructor name

[flirora]

Am I correct in assuming that given a definition like

(struct foo (x) #:constructor-name bar)

I then can't define something named foo in the same module, even though there's no constructor called foo?

[Sage Gerard]

My understanding is that you can shadow `foo`, but you cannot use `foo` in any expression at the same scope where the struct's bindings appear. In this context, some of `foo`'s lexical information is reserved so that `struct-out` works correctly.

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[Shu-Hung You]

In addition to the constructor, `foo` is also used for compile-time
struct information. To avoid this, either supply #:name to designate a
different identifier for compile-time struct type information, or
declare #:omit-define-syntaxes to dismiss it.

Shu-hung

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[flirora]

Thanks for the answers!