>>>>> "SL" == Stevan Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  SL> On Oct 18, 2005, at 1:45 PM, Luke Palmer wrote:

  >> On 10/18/05, Rob Kinyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  >> 
  >>> 3) Macros. Nuff said.
  >>> 
  >> 
  >> Not quite.  Lispish macros, that is, macros that let you look at what
  >> you're expanding.

  SL> To further expand on this, they will be AST-manipulating macros (LISP
  SL> style) rather than text-replacing macros (C style).

my impression is that both styles are supported as you can return either
text or an AST (compiled code) from a macro.

uri

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