Hi Chris, Chris Vine <vine35792...@gmail.com> writes: > My version was hygienic when used in functions, but not when used as a > macro in a macro.
The word "hygienic" should not be used to describe your original macro. It would be more accurate to say that although your original version was unhygienic, in practice it would work in many common cases. That is generally the case for unhygienic macros. Best, Mark