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This is a case where you’re seeing the word “macro” and reacting to that when it’s really not warranted. It’s not using macros for complicated code generation,
by eschaton 2y ago
This is a case where you’re seeing the word “macro” and reacting to that when it’s really not warranted. It’s not using macros for complicated code generation, just selecting from a couple alternatives based on one or two possible compiler arguments.
I’m also old enough to remember CFront and this isn’t that.
- ykonstant 2y agoI am not an expert in these things, but the discussion here reminds me of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41182917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41182917
- eschaton 2y agoAnd yet it shouldn’t because it’s not and doesn’t need to be anywhere near that degree of complexity. This is exactly the sort of thing I mean when I said the previous respondent was reacting to the use of the term ‘macro’ rather than their actual complexity.