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Re: macro arglists
- To: tusneem@ecn.purdue.edu (Irfan)
- Subject: Re: macro arglists
- From: bill@cambridge.apple.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1992 12:02:22 -0500
- Cc: hall@allegra.att.com (Bob Hall), info-mcl
>there is nothing wrong with that. If MCL knows of a definition it will
>tell you the parameters to that definition when you write the function
>name. For macros or functions you define you must set the SAVE DEFINITIONS
>options in the environment for it to do the same. ?? does not means bad, it
>just means that MCL does not know. It is a feature to help the programmer.
Yes, the "??" was changed from an earlier version which printed
"arg1 arg2": very confusing. However, Bob Hall was complaining
that MCL didn't know the arglist for the WHEN macro, which it clearly
should, and which 2.0 final will.