> > The hlisp part of Hoplon - the compiler bit that converts HTML to >> ClojureScript - was designed and implemented specifically to avoid having >> to do this. It's our opinion (and experience) that admission of the DOM as >> a data structure instead of a piece of the program introduces tremendous >> complexity. This data structure must be explicitly interpreted, evaluated, >> and updated in complicated ways that tend to couple tightly to both overall >> state logic and DOM quirks. That said, Hoplon markup can be manipulated as >> data the way any other Lisp program sanely can - via hygienic macros. >> > I am curious about this. I have had the opposite experience. Whenever I use a library based on macros I find myself wanting to do something with them the macro writer did not expect, and being forced to wrap the macros in functions so I can compose things programmatically (which seems to me like unnecessary complexity). I can't pass macros around as arguments, store them in a list, or apply them to arguments in a general way.
On the other hand, if I am just working with a data structure, I can write functions to manipulate the data in novel ways and even use many functions that already exist to manipulate data without having to recreate that functionality for a specific domain (like looping, merging, search and replace etc). So I am curious specifically what flexibility you are gaining by using macros (things you can't do with functions and data) that would offset the flexibility you sacrifice with macros? I am open to being convinced on this point! -- -- 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.
