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Metaprogramming, (hygienic) macros, compile-time evalution, own syntax #131

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dumblob opened this issue Jun 23, 2021 · 3 comments
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Metaprogramming, (hygienic) macros, compile-time evalution, own syntax #131

dumblob opened this issue Jun 23, 2021 · 3 comments
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dumblob commented Jun 23, 2021

Any plans for metaprogramming, (hygienic) macros, compile-time evalution, own syntax, or alike?

I don't expect you to build a new XL (despite I'd totally love such endeavor) but still I have to ask 馃槈.
@ThakeeNathees ThakeeNathees added the future Will be considered in the future. label Jun 24, 2021
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Currently, we're restricted by the single pass compiler to implement these features. Rewriting the front end is the most prioritized task in the future list. However, we have plants to support reflection and run time code evaluation now.

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dumblob commented Jun 24, 2021

Ok, so if I understand it correctly, the direction is not AOT (ahead of time) but rather runtime "metaprogramming". Correct?

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@dumblob As for now yes. And I'm quite a fan of C macros. I could write a pre-processor for pocketlang in the future.

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