[julia-users] Re: are macros hygienic?

[Didier Verna]

I wrote:

> Could someone explain what's hygienic about Julia's macros? Because I
> cannot figure out an example by myself...

  OK, I think I get it:

julia> macro finish()
         t = 5
       end

julia> function foo()
         t = 10
         @finish()
         t
       end
foo (generic function with 1 method)

julia> foo()
10


Still, it seems to me extremely abusive to call this macro system
hygienic...

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