Re: [dev] Interesting post about X11

From: Mate Nagy <mnagy_AT_port70.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:04:10 +0200

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 03:46:16AM -0700, Robert Ransom wrote:
> It was (at least in that paragraph). See my reply to your other message
> for three examples of useful SYNTAX-RULES macros; SYNTAX-RULES cannot
> be implemented properly without a hygienic macro system. I don't think
> you would actually object to having a hygienic macro system and
> SYNTAX-RULES *along with* the full compilation-at-compile-time
> functionality of Common Lisp macros.
 that sounds fine, of course - but can't you implement hygienic macros
on top of the usual gensym (provided, as it is, that it won't be eq to
any other symbol)?

Regards,
 Mate
Received on Tue Jun 22 2010 - 11:04:10 UTC

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