Vinzent <ru.vinz...@gmail.com> writes:

>> I don't think that's too practical.  The reader sees the metadata
>> only after it already started to read the form it should then ignore,
>> if the platform doesn't match.
>>
> As I understand it happens before compilation (lein plugin extracts
> the appropriate forms and then compiles it),

Such a feature shouldn't depend on a specific tool, it should be part of
the language.

> so it shouldn't be a problem, no?  Am I wrong?

It's doable, but not very elegant and unlispy.  Reader macros or plain
macros are a better match here.

Bye,
Tassilo

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