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Re: [External] : Re: Why is defun not executed during load-file?


From: Michael Heerdegen
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Why is defun not executed during load-file?
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 23:48:58 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> What kind of things or problems could or should you solve
> with macros?

My opinion is: Macros extend the language ("Lisp is a programmable
programming language").  Using macros can be beneficial if the problem
is of a kind so that adding new constructs to the language allows for
abstractions or at least coding style that makes writing and reading
code (and thinking) actually easier.  If that's not the case, don't use
them when possible.

Michael.




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