I just want to bounce this thought to hear if it makes sense:
The idea is about how to simplify the syntax, or at least make it easier to
learn.
A user currently has to learn the distinction between
<<macrocall>> and {{transclusion}}
The two are both simplified expressions for underlying widgets.
And both are basically for text substitution!
...so just maybe they could both use the *same* format, i.e
<<macrocall>> and <<transclusion>>
Of course, this is problematic in that the parser would not know...:
1. ...if the argument is a macro title or a tiddler title
2. ...or even a <<macro with arguments>> or a <<title with spaces>>
But, regarding the first: Comparable to how we accept tags as tiddler titles
<http://mptw.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BTagglyTagging%20History%5D%5D>, IMO it
would be pretty natural to *not* make a distinction between macro titles
and tiddler titles. In fact, tiddler philosophy applies pretty well also
for macros... (Actually, if we pretend for a second that macros are *code
functions*, I think tiddler philosophy and "function philosophy" are also
pretty similar in objective -i.e to segregate and split out parts in code
to make them manageable and reusable).
Problem 2 above is of course just a matter of syntactic sugar.
One could imagine this syntax
((mymacro(arguments list))) ...i.e a macrocall
((tiddlertitle())) or ((spaced tiddler title())) ...i.e transclusions
The round parentheses is just one imaginable example. It does have the
niceity that picks up on the existing macro def parentheses, i.e in \define
mymacro*(*parameter list*)*
The syntax is also interesting because it brings further similarity with
macrocalls when we consider *transclusion with templates*! I.e
((tiddlertitle(template)))
Again, tiddlers and macros are interchangeable. (Which btw, means core
macros should probably be suffixed like core tiddlers to not have users
accidentally overwrite them.)
Thoughts?
<:-)
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