[racket] variables within macros

Is there a single stumbling block or do you feel overwhelmed by 
the broad API to the syntax system? -- Matthias





On Jan 18, 2013, at 6:38 AM, Tim Brown wrote:

> 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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