On Mar 13, 2013, at 14:08, kovas boguta wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Rich Morin <r...@cfcl.com> wrote: > >> I agree, for your reasons and others. For example, I don't think a codeq >> should say much about _any_ symbol the code references. >> >> However, that seems to create a disconnect. If codeq is tracking raw code, >> and the AST reflects expanded code, (how) can the two be reconciled? > > I'm going to expose my own ignorance here. > > Isn't it necessary to generate an AST *before* macro-expansion? How > else are the macros executed? > > Or is macro-expansion performed in the bowels of the compiler, in an > interpreted manner? > > If anyone has pointers to a blog post or talk on this, I'd appreciate it.
This page (comments and corrections welcome!) which tries to explain this: http://wiki.cfcl.com/bin/view/Projects/Clojure/Key/Architecture The page is largely based on my understanding of Rich Hickey's video: Clojure for Java Programmers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P76Vbsk_3J0 (especially the sections on Syntax and Evaluation, starting at 0:46:50) -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume r...@cfcl.com http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 Software system design, development, and documentation -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
