[racket] variables within macros

On 17/01/13 21:33, Greg Hendershott wrote:
>>> Greg Hendershott's pages may be of interest to you:
>>> http://www.greghendershott.com/fear-of-macros/

Which is as close as I have come to "How to Design Macros" so far.

>> I read that earlier, and it gave me the confidence to get stuck in...
>> maybe I read it again to give me the insight to know what I'm doing.
>
> Well it might help prepare you to understand something like Danny's
> solution. But unfortunately it doesn't specifically explain local
> expansion. That was only at the fuzzy edge of my own understanding.
> Still is: When I read something like Jens' code, my brain still hears
> "blah blah blah Ginger".
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=blah+blah+blah+ginger&tbm=isch>

Do you _know_ how good it makes me feel that someone else "blah blah blah
Ginger"s with macros?

Went through fear-of-macros AGAIN last night. I think I can cope with that!
It all sounds *so reasonable*... but everything anyone writes about macros
sounds *so reasonable*. Until I put the page down!

I feel like one of those Zen disciples who just doesn't get it.
But quite often they do. After a while. So I'm keeping up hope.

Tim

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