Re: [plt-scheme] The same macro problem

[Matthias Felleisen <matthias@ccs.neu.edu>]

Heck, any decent size system with Lisp style macros displays
this anomaly. 

For those of you who don't believe it, write a couple of 1000
loc, with macros, distribute it over a bunch of files, go away
for a couple of months, and then try to add some major piece of
functionality. 

-- Matthias


At Fri, 24 May 2002 09:37:45 -0500, Bill Wood wrote:
>   . . .
> > But the real reason behind the new macro system is the latter
> > interpretation of "safe". DrScheme v103 _doesn't work_ with macro
> > definitions. Many hacks make it appear to do the right thing, but there
> > are lots of cases where DrScheme v103 behaves strangely. Even the
> > implementors can't always predict what will happen.
> 
> This is very interesting.  I'm fairly comfortable with  CL defmacro,
> though
> I'm no macrologist.  I had intended to start experimenting with macros
> in
> PLT.  Is this strange behavior apparent in MzScheme as well?
> 
>  -- Bill Wood