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Re: Why shouldn't we have a #if .... #else .... #endif construct in Emac
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Sean Whitton |
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Re: Why shouldn't we have a #if .... #else .... #endif construct in Emacs Lisp? |
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Wed, 30 Aug 2023 21:48:26 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Hello,
On Tue 29 Aug 2023 at 12:20pm +01, João Távora wrote:
> Of course it has many more even, but the problem is that such things
> are hardcoded in C even if part of the implementation then jumps to Lisp.
> See lread.c around line 4318 for how backquote is hardcoded. In Common
> Lisp there is a programmable mechanism for adding such macros entirely
> within the language. So don't be fooled, Elisp simply doesn't have that.
It's a deliberate choice, right? As part of ideas about keeping elisp
simpler than something like CL.
--
Sean Whitton
Re: Why shouldn't we have a #if .... #else .... #endif construct in Emacs Lisp?, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/08/29
Re: Why shouldn't we have a #if .... #else .... #endif construct in Emacs Lisp?, Stefan Kangas, 2023/08/29
Re: Why shouldn't we have a #if .... #else .... #endif construct in Emacs Lisp?, LdBeth, 2023/08/29