On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Peter reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yesterday I said that macrodef attributes should be implemented as
> properties and not as textual substitution.
>
> On overnight reflection, I have changed by mind.
Cool, that makes two of us 8-)
> The proposed new notation is @{x} where x is the attribute.
>
> I have implemented the new notation and added the following:
>
> * the escape sequence @@{x} is used to allow @{x} to be
> placed in the text without substitution of x. - this
> corresponds to the $${x} escape sequence for properties.
+1
> * the macro replacement is now done on the default values for
> the attributes - this allows Jan's use case to work:
syntactic sugar, +0
> For this I have proposed using the local property patch, but if
> macrodef properties are to be implemented as textual substitution
> and not as local properties, the two issues can be separated.
Yes.
Stefan
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