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Peter Seibel  
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 More options Nov 13 2003, 8:41 pm
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From: Peter Seibel <pe...@javamonkey.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 01:40:14 GMT
Local: Thurs, Nov 13 2003 8:40 pm
Subject: Re: macro help?
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Prof Ric Crabbe <cra...@crab.cs.usna.edu> writes:

> I'm afraid I'm not very good with macros and I've been banging my
> head against this problem all day.

[snip]

> now the setf is assigning to the gensym... *sigh* Clearly, i have no
> idea what I'm doing. Can anyone enlighten me on the proper way to do
> this? (Also, I suspect the interning of the string might be
> considered bad style. What should that be?)

This might be a good time for me to point out that I've put some more
chapters of my upcoming Common Lisp book up on the web at

  <http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/>

In particular you might want to check out the chapter on writing
macros at:

  <http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/macros-defining-our-own.html>

Since you're right in the thick of trying to understand macros, I'd
love to hear your feedback on whether this chapter helps at all or
just adds to your confusion.

-Peter

--
Peter Seibel                                      pe...@javamonkey.com

         Lisp is the red pill. -- John Fraser, comp.lang.lisp


 
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