Let's leave aside the recommendations not to do it. I'd like to understand why I get the exception when I make such a call (from a public macro to a private macro), and if it is possible, what am I doing wrong here... On Monday, March 17, 2014 7:40:42 PM UTC+2, tbc++ wrote: > > Don't use private vars. Instead move the macro to a sub namespace called > "internals" or "impl" or something like that and make it public. Prefer > trusting your users instead of limiting them. > > my $0.02 > > Timothy > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Yoav Rubin <yoav...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I'm familiar with that trick, but is it a language feature (and then I >> can rely on to not being changed in the future)? or is it a hack that based >> on something that may change in future releases? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Yoav >> >> >> On Monday, March 17, 2014 4:09:23 PM UTC+2, Maik Schünemann wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I guess that maybe the same trick works for calling private functions >>> from another namespace via getting the var and calling it. >>> That being said, macros calling macros gets very complex after a short >>> time, it is better to have helper functions instead of macros. >>> The functions just accept s-expressions and return s-expressions. I >>> find myself doing exactly that for nontrivial macros. >>> >>> Hope that helps, >>> Maik >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Yoav Rubin <yoav...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Hi All, >>> > >>> > I have a namespace that has two macros as part of its public API, and >>> > another macro that act as helpers for the public macro >>> > >>> > (defmacro helper-mac [arg1 arg2 f] >>> > ;; do stuff with f , arg1 and arg2 >>> > ) >>> > >>> > (defmacro m0 [arg1 arg2] >>> > (priv-mac arg1 arg2 f1) >>> > ) >>> > >>> > (defmacro m1 [arg1 arg2] ( >>> > (priv-mac arg1 arg2 f2) >>> > ) >>> > >>> > f1 and f2 are just two functions. >>> > >>> > I would like to make the helper macro private (using ^:private), but >>> when I >>> > do it and call either m0 or m1 from another namespace, I get an >>> exception >>> > saying that helper-mac is private. >>> > >>> > Is it possible to call from to a macro in another namespace when that >>> macro >>> > is calling a private macro in its namespace? >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > >>> > Yoav >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > Groups "Clojure" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to clo...@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+u...@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+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> 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+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > “One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking > zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C > programs.” > (Robert Firth) >
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