On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 20:29:43 +, Herbert Snorrason wrote:
> On 29/01/06, Yuval Kogman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Basically the plan is that when an internal AST language is decided
> > upon, the macros will be able to get either the source code text, or
> > an AST.
> Two things. First, i
On 29/01/06, Yuval Kogman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Basically the plan is that when an internal AST language is decided
> upon, the macros will be able to get either the source code text, or
> an AST.
Two things. First, if the AST path is taken, doesn't that mean that
the AST representation has
On 1/29/06, Yuval Kogman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aside from that they are normal perl 6 subroutines, that simply get
> invoked during compile time instead of during runtime.
With one extra "feature". By default (my preference) or with a trait,
parameters can get passed in as ASTs instead of
On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 18:53:25 +, Herbert Snorrason wrote:
> Perl6 will have macros. Good. Cool. But, sadly, that seems to be close
> to the most specific thing anyone says about the subject. There is
> some further discussion in Apocalypse & Exegesis 6, but nothing in the
> Synopsis.
>
> No
Perl6 will have macros. Good. Cool. But, sadly, that seems to be close
to the most specific thing anyone says about the subject. There is
some further discussion in Apocalypse & Exegesis 6, but nothing in the
Synopsis.
Now, considering that macros are a language feature and that the
Synopses are p
