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+#lang racket
+(require (for-syntax racket/base))
+(require "coerce.rkt")
+
+
+(provide when/block)
+
+;; improves the syntax for conditional blocks in templates
+;; ordinarily it would be @when[condition]{@list{stuff ...}}
+;; now it can be @when/block[condition]{stuff ...}
+;; has to be a macro otherwise body expressions will be evaluated regardless of condition
+;; this is bad: if condition is false, expression should exit
+(define-syntax (when/block stx)
+  (syntax-case stx ()
+    [(_ condition body ...)
+  #'(if condition (string-append* (map ->string (list body ...))) "")]))