In our previous episode, Ryan Joseph said:
> > On Jun 20, 2018, at 10:02 PM, Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Because it is a simple textual token replacement at present. Supporting
> > arguments would mean parsing the macro, parsing whatever comes after it,
> > matching the arguments etc. A whole added layer of complexity.
>
> It?s like a simplified regular expression. Capture anything inside () on the
> left side and replace occurrences on the right side.
>
> {$define hello(me) := writeln(?hello me')}
>
> hello(world) becomes writeln(?hello world?)
That would be C incompatible, which I thought was the main reason to have
it? It would also replace me in identifiers (like 'varwithme'), which C
afaik wouldn't without ##
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