Hi. I'm trying to understand why the following macro doesn't work. This is a trivial example, but ultimately I want to create a macro that will let me dynamically create the cmdspec for clojure.contrib.command-line/with-command-line. I haven't written many macros, so my general understanding may be off.
user> (use 'clojure.contrib.command-line) user> (def args ["--foo" "2"]) user> (defmacro my-with-cl [spec] `(with-command-line args "desc" ~spec (prn foo))) user> (my-with-cl '[[foo "something about foo" nil]]) ; Evaluation aborted. Exception: Unsupported binding form: something about foo I would expect this to be expanded to (with-command-line args "desc" [[foo "a" "b"]] (prn foo)) Which runs ok, directly in the repl: user> (with-command-line args "desc" [[foo "a" "b"]] (prn foo)) "2" nil And (macroexpand (my-with-cl ...)) throws the same exception. How can I accomplish this, and why does my solution not work? Thanks for any help. Marc -- 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
