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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:24:45 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:27:17 +0000, bart wrote:

> Problems involving \ and // commonly come up with multi-line macros.

C macros are yet another example of the wrong way to do macros.

The only right way to do macros is at the AST level.

Think how many problems would be solved if you could do gensym in a C 
macro.