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macros
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references g-h
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parameters
Topic:
string transformation languages
Topic:
parameter passing by keyword or position
Topic:
no need for variables

Reference

Grant, C.A., "Syntax translation with context macros, or macros without arguments", SIGPLAN, 6, 12, pp. 45-47, December 1971. Google

Quotations
45 ;;Quote: instead of parameters, a macro can use its left and right context; arbitrary modifications (search outward from call)
QuoteRef: granCA12_1971 ;;46 Grant's context macros example -- escape macro searches for end of block inserts a label and generates a jump to it.


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