Neil Schemenauer writes:
> These types of macros don't impress me. Yes, it's a little more
> convenient for the person who writes and understands the macro but its
> more work for other people who have to read and maintain the code.
> Instead of just reading the code they now have to lookup the definitions
> of all of these cute macros. It reminds me of '#define BEGIN {' in C.
> The maintainability of code is it's most important quality, IMHO.
> Macros like "unless" don't help. If you want "unless" it should be part
> of the language specification.
Well, FWIW, unless *is* part of the Dylan language, and can be
implemented as a macro (in terms of lower level primitives) or within
the language itself.
Whatever. Nevermind.
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Tom Emerson Basis Technology Corp.
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