On 09/13/2009 11:13 AM, Andre van Tonder wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Sep 2009, Per Bothner wrote:
>
>> On 09/13/2009 10:07 AM, Abdulaziz Ghuloum wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sep 11, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Andre van Tonder wrote:
>>>
>>>> As far as macro expansion is concerned, I contend that the choice
>>>> between one-pass or two-pass is really arbitrary.
>>>
>>> Can we clarify the terminology here please:
>>>
>>> * one-pass: each definition's right-hand-side expression is fully
>>> expanded (and macro definitions are expanded and evaluated) before
>>> the expander moves to the following definition/expression in body.
>>> [the repl /must/ use this because it does not have access to the
>>> whole program]
>>
>> Not necessarily. For example a REPL can defer expanding a lambda
>> body until it is called the first time.
>
> That would not be one-pass.
Indeed - I was reponding to "the repl /must/ use this".
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--Per Bothner
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