From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-03-12T07:03:36+09:00
Subject: Re: #define alternative for Ruby

On 3/11/07, SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@gmail.com> wrote:
> Use the P4 preprocessor on your scripts :P You'll get #define EXACTLY.
>
> No, but seriously - text substitute macros are awful. There's a good
> reason that Matz didn't offer them in Ruby.

There's also the interesting problem of what the semantics of changing
 a text macro in a dynamically compiled language like ruby.  Let's say
you use a macro expansion in a method, and then later change the
macro. Do the methods which use that macro then need to be
re-compiled?  What if you introduce a new macro that has the same name
as a non-macro name.

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Rick DeNatale

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