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Re:Sweet.js – Hygienic Macros for JavaScript by alnitak on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:08PM (#14698298)
What would hygienic mean in this context?
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Re:Sweet.js – Hygienic Macros for JavaScript by Risord on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:49PM (#14698526)
Not C macro-like source code manipulation as dummy string but as more smart structure like AST.
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Re:Sweet.js – Hygienic Macros for JavaScript by girvo on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @08:07PM (#14699127)
It's to do with how variables leak into scopes from (and to) macros, iirc
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