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Posted by nebulous99 on 10/10/07 00:58
On Oct 8, 4:14 am, James Kanze <james.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 8, 6:58 am, bbo...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > On Oct 7, 2:59 pm, Jerry Coffin <jcof...@taeus.com> wrote:
> > > 4.7.3.2. Name Replacement (call by name)
> > > Any formal parameter not quoted in the value list is replaced,
> > > throughout the procedure body, by the corresponding actual parameter,
> > > after enclosing this latter in parentheses wherever syntactically
> > > possible. Possible conflicts between identifiers inserted through this
> > > process and other identifiers already present within the procedure will
> > > be avoided by suitable systematic changes of the formal or local
> > > identifiers involved.
> > This sounds rather like macro expansion as found in languages ranging
> > from TeX to various flavors of shell and make.
>
> Not really. [snip loads]
You seem to be meaning to disagree with me, but it's unclear exactly
what you are asserting that contradicts anything that I said.
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