Am Mon, 16 May 2011 11:11:39 +0100
schrieb Martin <f...@mfriebe.de>:
> 2) But a macro also weakens the fundamental concept of how a language
> is defined. A macro allows you do define a new syntax. To create
> something, ...
I do prefer not to make it possible to extend the language, thats why
the explicit syntax:
{$Macro mac(params)} and
{$Expand mac(params)}
I think that completely encapsulates the text manipulation from the
language level.
True, if used the readability will suffer. But at least you see
that it happens (You know there is a hidden piece of whatever, thats
not that far away from looking of a procedure call and not knowing
what that function will do. If you are interested in details, look at
the source. The same with an macro).
Regards
Jörg
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