Alexander Burger <[email protected]> writes:
Hi Alex,
sorry for being thick as a brick ...
> Well, 'bind' is the evaluating version of 'let'. It could be used to
> implement the outher functions.
I'll check that out.
> What you probably mean is something different. It is a different way of
> interpreting the arguments to a function. It has nothing to do with how
> the symbols are bound, and nothing with the reader:
(de g Args
(glue " "
(mapcar
'((X)
(if (pair X) (val (car X)) X) )
Args ) ) )
(setq Temp 33)
(g Current \"temperature\" in Berlin is (Temp) °Celsius \(its really
hot!\) )
-> "Current \"temperature\" in Berlin is 33 °Celsius (its really hot!)"
This comes pretty close to what I was looking for, thanks. The only
drawback is that normal parens (and double quotes) are very common in
text so a lot of escaping would be necessary. Something like this:
(g Current "temperature" in Berlin is {Temp} \{°Celsius\} (its
really hot!) )
resulting in:
-> "Current \"temperature\" in Berlin is 33 {°Celsius} (its really hot!)"
would be much more comfortable as syntax, but harder to implement.
--
cheers,
Thorsten
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