[Python-Dev] defmacro (was: Anonymous blocks)

[Rodrigo Dias Arruda Senra]

[ Michael Walter ]:
> A couple of examples out of my tired head (solely from a user perspective) :-)
> 
> Embedding domain specific language (ex.: state machine):
> ...
> 
> Embedding domain specific language (ex.: markup language):
> ...
> 
> Embedding domain-specific language (ex.: badly-designed database table):
> ...
>
> ..., which might actually prove someone's point that the
> language designer shouldn't allow people to do such things.

 The whole macros issue comes to a tradeoff between
 power+expressiviness X readability. 

 IMVHO, macros are readability assassins. The power (for any developer)
 to introduce new syntax is *not* a desirable feature, but something
 to be avoided. And that alone should be a stronger argument than
 a hundred use cases. 

 cheers,
 Senra

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