Group:
patterns
Topic:
definition
Topic:
function syntax by pattern
Topic:
macros
Topic:
pattern brackets
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Subtopic: macro syntax same as base language 
| Quote: ML macros are expressed in the same language as the source that is being expanded [»spooCR4_1986]
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Subtopic: syntactic analysis of full text
| Quote: delimitate macro calls by syntactic analysis of the entire text [»browPJ_1969]
| | Quote: Dylan macros manipulate syntactic patterns; macro calls preserve the syntactic flavor of the language [»grayDN5_1998]
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Subtopic: macros by patterns
| Quote: macro Cobol recognizes macro calls by pattern; e.g., 'perform' integer 'times' statement-list 'end-perform' [»triaJM8_1980]
| | Quote: macro Cobol can accept any Cobol-like statement with arguments in any syntactic class
| | Quote: macro Cobol arguments can be space delimitated [»triaJM8_1980]
| | QuoteRef: marcM1_1974 ;;86 parameters to text literals: declare plus literally (a,b) 'a+b' so plus (x,y) -- 'x+y'
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Subtopic: macro arguments of any type
| QuoteRef: nappRB2_1976 ;;27 formal macros always possible to use. Defined like procedures but for any type (arguments are substituted appropriately)
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Subtopic: blanks, noise words, etc.
| Quote: XPOP uses blanks, noise words, and cue words to convert statements to operator/operand form [»halpMI1_1968, OK]
| | QuoteRef: sammJE_1969 ;;428 eg define noise words by compiler text replacement with ""
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Related Topics
Group: patterns (8 topics, 179 quotes)
Topic: definition (17 items)
Topic: function syntax by pattern (15 items)
Topic: macros (22 items)
Topic: pattern brackets
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