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Re: How to disambiguate macro?

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On 21/07/2021 20:42, Manfred wrote:
> On 7/21/2021 7:46 PM, David Brown wrote:

>> It's fine to have the same symbol used in different contexts - look at
>> how often commas are used in most languages.  Having an operator give
>> different meanings depending on other code around it (other than the
>> operands), is asking for trouble.
>>
> 
> This branch stemmed from the word "weird" used for a context-sensitive
> rule.
> 
> Now, "weird" is a subjective connotation, so I think it is not
> surprising that someone does not see something as "weird" as I might do.
> 

Agreed.

> In fact, it /is/ obviously possible to define context dependent rules
> that are formally correct, and the examples given are of real
> programming languages, albeit now obsolete.
> 
> However I agree that a modern language should keep away from this
> context dependent meanings.
> In the context (!) of a programming language, logic consistency and
> simplicity trumps semantic expressiveness.

Agreed.  Here, C is the modern language!

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How to disambiguate macro? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-07-20 11:15 +0000
  Re: How to disambiguate macro? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-20 13:49 +0100
    Re: How to disambiguate macro? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-07-20 12:56 +0000
      Re: How to disambiguate macro? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-20 15:36 +0100
        Re: How to disambiguate macro? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-07-21 01:48 +0000
          Re: How to disambiguate macro? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-20 19:18 -0700
          Re: How to disambiguate macro? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-07-20 20:27 -0700
            Re: How to disambiguate macro? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-07-21 04:15 +0000
              Re: How to disambiguate macro? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-07-21 02:00 -0700
              Re: How to disambiguate macro? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-07-21 06:02 -0400
          Re: How to disambiguate macro? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-07-21 06:00 -0400
            Re: How to disambiguate macro? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-07-21 10:10 +0000
              Re: How to disambiguate macro? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-21 11:30 +0100
              Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-21 13:31 +0200
              Re: How to disambiguate macro? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-21 13:02 +0100
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-21 14:20 +0100
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-21 15:15 +0100
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-21 16:28 +0200
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-21 16:20 +0100
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-21 17:34 +0100
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-21 19:46 +0200
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-07-21 20:42 +0200
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-22 08:37 +0200
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-21 20:47 +0100
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-22 08:47 +0200
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-22 11:31 +0100
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2021-07-22 14:37 +0000
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-22 18:15 +0200
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-21 21:19 +0100
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-07-21 15:42 +0200
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-07-21 15:39 +0000
              Re: How to disambiguate macro? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-21 09:22 -0700
              Re: How to disambiguate macro? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-07-21 17:24 -0400
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-07-21 16:42 -0700
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-07-22 05:49 +0000
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-07-22 19:11 -0400
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-07-22 05:30 +0000
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-07-22 14:14 +0000
                Re: How to disambiguate macro? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-22 17:06 +0100
                OT: possessive adjectives (Was: How to disambiguate macro?) Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-07-22 15:04 +0200
                Re: OT: possessive adjectives Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-08-14 13:37 -0700
          Re: How to disambiguate macro? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-08-14 13:58 -0700
  Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-20 14:50 +0200
    Re: How to disambiguate macro? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-07-20 13:19 +0000
      Re: How to disambiguate macro? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-20 14:40 +0100
        Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-20 21:02 +0200
      Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-20 21:00 +0200
      Re: How to disambiguate macro? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-21 08:15 +0200
      Re: How to disambiguate macro? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-08-14 23:17 -0700
  Re: How to disambiguate macro? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-07-20 12:51 +0000
  Re: How to disambiguate macro? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-20 08:47 -0700

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