Lisp - Re: Woohoo! My macros are now (semi) hygienic

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Re: Woohoo! My macros are now (semi) hygienic

Maciej Katafiasz

2008-02-23, 7:14 pm

Den Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:56 -0800 skrev Ron Garret:

>
> Sneak preview version is available at:
>
> http://www.flownet.com/ron/lisp
>
> but it's not well tested and the documentation is still pretty sketchy.
> There's a now out-of-date draft of a paper there, and a tiny bit of
> example code embedded in the file, but not much else. I should have a
> primer done for a grand opening this w

end. (You'll need
> utilities.lisp and dictionary.lisp as well. Note if you've previously
> downloaded my utilities file, you'll need the new version. The last
> version had a critical bug in the AIF macro that will cause lexicons to
> fail badly.)

This looks interesting. I've read about your locales previously, but
didn't understand them enough to be interested in, now I got a better
grasp, and it seems useful. Certainly not having to fight with mistakenly
interned symbols causing conflicts is a useful property.

> If you do decide to take the plunge I'd appreciate any feedback.

Will do. How far away are LDEFCLASS and LDEFMETHOD from being useful?

Cheers,
Maciej

Ron Garret

2008-02-23, 10:20 pm

In article <fpqdo8$ktl$3@news.net.uni-c.dk>,
Maciej Katafiasz <mathrick@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Will do. How far away are LDEFCLASS and LDEFMETHOD from being useful?

Your guess is as good as mine at this point. Try them and tell me. :-)
(As far as I know they should be working, but they have not been tested.
That's part of what's holding up the official release.)

rg

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