No. The problem is it's never been clear what that category of macros is that John's talking about, but it does not violate hygiene. By definition, in a hygienic macro system, there is no macro that can make the macro system unhygienic.
Now good luck trying to define what that category is! I worked on that problem for nigh onto 8 years, and all I have to show for it is a dissertation. Dave On Nov 23, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Jon Rafkind wrote: > >>> Dave Herman mentioned this to me some time ago, and my immediate response >>> was this: okay, if the term "hygiene" refers to a macro system and not to a >>> macro, then *what word* should we use to describe macros that violate >>> transparency? "non-transparent"? >> Oh dear... would that word be "anaphoric"? >> > > A macro that violates hygiene.. 'violator' > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
