On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Eugen Dück <eu...@dueck.org> wrote: > I'm using a macro that, stripped down to just expose my problem, looks > like this: > > (defmacro quoted-param > [x] > `(println '~x)) > > It's all nice if I call it like > > (quoted-param 23) > > It will print the number 23. The following, however, will print > "asdf", rather than 23: > > (def asdf 23) > (quoted-param asdf) > > Which is of course what the quote is supposed to do. But is there any > way to get that macro to expand to using the value of asdf, rather > than the symbol itself? Or can only changing the macro fix this? I > fear the latter, which would imply that using quotes like that in a > macro should be done with great care, I guess. Adding a quote when > 'calling' the macro is easy...
Why not just ~x rather than '~x? If you want the param evaluated, you normally just unquote it with ~. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
