From: Paolo Amoroso
Subject: Re: macro-biology
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 12:46:14 +0000
Message-ID: <87zn88a6ax.fsf@plato.moon.paoloamoroso.it>

David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com> writes:

> First question.  Can a macro only expand into code?  Or can I define a
> macro that will expand into XML for printing?  This expansion may be

This is not directly related to your question, but it looks like a
good occasion to mention this.  The well known paper "Using the New
Common Lisp Pretty Printer" by Richard Waters (available online) may
be a useful source of insight and "aha..." moments about printing
issues.


Paolo
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Why Lisp? http://alu.cliki.net/RtL%20Highlight%20Film
Recommended Common Lisp libraries/tools (Google for info on each):
- ASDF/ASDF-INSTALL: system building/installation
- CL-PPCRE: regular expressions
- UFFI: Foreign Function Interface

• Re: macro-biology David Steuber
  • Re: macro-biology Paolo Amoroso

From: David Steuber
Subject: Re: macro-biology
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 15:42:21 +0000
Message-ID: <87zn88qsyq.fsf@david-steuber.com>

Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it> writes:

> David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com> writes:
> 
> > First question.  Can a macro only expand into code?  Or can I define a
> > macro that will expand into XML for printing?  This expansion may be
> 
> This is not directly related to your question, but it looks like a
> good occasion to mention this.  The well known paper "Using the New
> Common Lisp Pretty Printer" by Richard Waters (available online) may
> be a useful source of insight and "aha..." moments about printing
> issues.

Would this be the paper you are referring to?

  http://www.merl.com/papers/TR93-17/

Google turns up nine or ten hits on the quoted title of the paper.
This one is at the top.

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From: Paolo Amoroso
Subject: Re: macro-biology
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:00:18 +0000
Message-ID: <87wu3b9mrx.fsf@plato.moon.paoloamoroso.it>

David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com> writes:

> Would this be the paper you are referring to?
>
>   http://www.merl.com/papers/TR93-17/

Yes, it is.


Paolo
-- 
Why Lisp? http://alu.cliki.net/RtL%20Highlight%20Film
Recommended Common Lisp libraries/tools (Google for info on each):
- ASDF/ASDF-INSTALL: system building/installation
- CL-PPCRE: regular expressions
- UFFI: Foreign Function Interface