Re: Confused by reference to "capturing" (as opposed to "binding") in C. Grand's talk "(not= DSL macros)"

Thanks for the added explanation. I understand now that your advice is simply to write a function for each binding macro, which returns the value(s) bound by the macro. Thanks also for a great talk! The Clojure community is very fortunate to have all this stuff publicly available on video. --

Re: Confused by reference to "capturing" (as opposed to "binding") in C. Grand's talk "(not= DSL macros)"

Exactly! I meant (slide #22) that some functions should extract (capture) the values you are interested in so that your macros only need to deestructure this result: macros should do as little as possible. I hope this clarifies my point. Christophe Le mercredi 19 septembre 2012, Matching Socks a

Re: Confused by reference to "capturing" (as opposed to "binding") in C. Grand's talk "(not= DSL macros)"

The Google can find a PDF by that name. It uses "capturing" in the sense of regular expressions. I think his idea is that in the DSL you identify or produce information (capture it), but you do not specify the names by which the user's program will refer to it (bind it). -- You received thi

Re: Confused by reference to "capturing" (as opposed to "binding") in C. Grand's talk "(not= DSL macros)"

Apparently blip.tv is down now. I will take a look at the video when it's available again and get back to you. Regards, BG On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Alex Dowad wrote: > Dear B.G., thanks for your response. I already understand the problem of > variable capture in macros well. However, is

Re: Confused by reference to "capturing" (as opposed to "binding") in C. Grand's talk "(not= DSL macros)"

Dear B.G., thanks for your response. I already understand the problem of variable capture in macros well. However, is that really what C. Grand is talking about in "(not= DSL macros)"? If you have a video of the talk, the part where he talks about "capturing" comes at about 13:40. -- You recei

Re: Confused by reference to "capturing" (as opposed to "binding") in C. Grand's talk "(not= DSL macros)"

"Variable Capture" (a common problem with unhygenic macros) can introduce defects in your code. Wikipedia has some info on it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Lisp#Variable_capture_and_shadowing For more, you should take a look at "On Lisp" by Paul Graham. Regards, BG On Tue, Sep 18, 2012

Confused by reference to "capturing" (as opposed to "binding") in C. Grand's talk "(not= DSL macros)"

In his talk entitled "(not= DSL macros)", C. Grand recommends designing the core of a DSL with "capturing" rather than binding, then adding binding macros as an extra layer on top if desired. I'm trying to understand what exactly he means by "capturing" in this context. I'm familiar with the us