Re: Please explain different macros

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Livshin <address@hidden> writes:

    Michael> Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:
    >> But procedure->* must be in the reference manual, for
    >> completeness.

    Michael> I'm not so sure about that, actually.

    Michael> I'd be quite surprised to hear about any user who
    Michael> actually needed the non-memoizing macro variants in his
    Michael> work.

    Michael> this is not to say that these things shouldn't be
    Michael> documented at all -- of course they should.  in the
    Michael> developer documentation (wherever that is supposed to be)
    Michael> or something like that, but IMHO *not* in the user
    Michael> documentation.

You have a good point, but the user/developer distinction is one that
simply doesn't exist yet in the reference manual.  I'll keep the
distinction in mind, but I doubt there'll be any concrete reflection
of it very soon.

    >> I prefer define-syntax myself, but I don't have any
    >> performance-critical Guile applications to worry about.

    Michael> scripts, presumably?  macro expansion speed (or lack
    Michael> thereof) should only affect the load time, after all.

I see; is that true for the implementation in Guile as well?

        Neil