This is how every macro and special form works. I know you like to complain, but the alternative is simply not possible: macros have complete control of expanding their bodies, and any macros therein are expanded later, not before. Try writing a macro system that goes the other way, and see how disastrous the result is.
On Monday, April 1, 2013 1:00:31 PM UTC-7, Cedric Greevey wrote: > > IMO, the real problem here is try not macroexpanding its body before > looking for its catches. IMO that's a bug, and indeed that the rethrow > macro doesn't work when the s-expression it expands to would work in its > place represents a violation, at least in spirit, of homoiconicity. There > are operators that are "special" and can't be supplied via macro. That's > wrong. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
