On 10/8/2023 6:21 AM, sighoya wrote:
I have another thing to add. You argued about reasons not to use macros but
these reasons don't apply to AST Macros, they won't allow constructing new
languages like in Lisp or in Neat.
Typed AST Macros would only accept parseable D source code with correct typing
while untyped AST Macros would relax typing issues but syntax is still valid D.
It's still inventing one's own undocumented, incomprehensible language.
> Scala
I've heard from an expert insider source that Scala macros destroyed the
language.
Macros are like selling your soul to the devil. At first it's a honeymoon, which
may last for a decade or more, but eventually you discover you're in a trap you
cannot escape.
Seeing the life cycle of macros over and over is one advantage to me having been
programming for well over 40 years.
