any macro-like construct/technique/trick?

[Mike Meyer]

Andrew Dalke <dalke at dalkescientific.com> writes:

> Mac wrote:
>> Is there a way to mimic the behaviour of C/C++'s preprocessor for
>> macros?
>
> There are no standard or commonly accepted ways of doing that.
>
> You could do as Jordan Rastrick suggested and write your own sort
> of preprocessor, or use an existing one.

I've never tried it with python, but the C preprocessor is available
as 'cpp' on most Unix systesm. Using it on languages other than C has
been worthwhile on a few occasions. It would certainly seem to
directly meet the OP's needs.

         <mike
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